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The New Testament 
Life of Chri^ 



The Four Gospels 
In One Narrative 



Compiled by 

REV. W. R. EARP, A. B., 

Pastor of Coggin Avenue Bapti^ Church 
Brown-wood, Texas 






Copyrighted by W. R. Earp, 191J 



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_to PREFACE. 

L This volume is the result of several years' study of the 

^ Life of Christ as it is given by the New Testament writers. 
^ It is prepared for the average Bible student with little 
spare time, for the Sunday School teacher, and for all who 
desire a more perfect knowledge of the life and works of 
the Savior. The volume itself is a consecutive narrative 
of the Life of Christ taken verbatim from the four Gospels. 
The author has endeavored to give a true account from the 
record of the Evangelists, using the exact language of the 
Gospel writers, adding no words except a few connectives 
and omitting nothing of significance. Repetitions have 
been made when necessary to bring out the various shades 
of thought of the different writers. 

The author has brought together the testimony of the 
several witnesses in one composite narrative. The Re- 
vised Version, commonly known as the Canterbury or 
Anglo-American Revision, has been used as a basis for this 
volume, and, in a few instances, where some of the most 
ancient manuscripts give a fuller statement, such facts have 
been included. Due acknowledgment is made to the Har- 
mony of the Gospels by John A. Broadus, the chronological 
order of which has been followed. Dr. Broadus' great 
work has been of inestimable value in the preparation of 
this book. 

A noticeable feature of the present volume is the 
arrangement of the different events in the life of Christ 
into separate chapters, which will at once enable the writer 
to locate any event and find at once all that is said in the 
Sacred Writings on that subject. 

Trusting that this volume may be of service to many 
who are anxious to know more of the life and works of 
the Savior, I send it forth in the name of him whose life 
and deeds are herein recorded. 

W. R. EARP. 

Brownwood, Texas, May the 8th, 1913. 




INTRODUCTION. § 

By A. E. Baten, D.D. 

The continuous gospel narrative, in the very words 
of the four evangelists, compiled by Rev. W. R. Earp, is 
the product of a vast amount of painstaking labor. It is 
altogether different from any other life of Christ, and 
wholly unlike any other complete harmony of the Gospels, 
yet it is most truly a life of Christ, and an excellent Gospel 
harmony. 

A striking feature of this work is the fact that there 
is not in it one single foot-note from first to last. Any 
one unwilling that the Old Book should tell its own story 
in its own way could not possibly have written this book. 
To such a person the temptation to try to fix up the record 
in some places would have been irresistible. 

That Peter denied his Lord three times there can be 
no doubt. If all that is said in the parallel accounts be 
put together, it would appear, on the surface, that there 
might have been additional denials. There is absolutely 
no difficulty here, and any apparent discrepancy may be 
easily disposed of by means of an explanatory foot-note. 

The case of the two malefactors on Calvary is another 
in which it would be very agreeable to append a marginal 
remark. It must have been that both robbers began rail- 
ing at Jesus, and that one of them soon became convicted 
and actually defended the sufferer on the middle cross, 
and then offered a prayer to him. 

Another point at which one would love to "harmonize" 
is in the matter of the several visits to the tomb of Jesus 
and his many appearances to his disciples. But in all these 
places, and everywhere else, the author has printed just 
what the evangelists actually said. There is really no 
discrepancy anywhere, but in many instances the beauty 
and strength of the record are marvelously intensified, 
reminding a thoughtful student of the parallelisms of 



THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OP CHRIST. T. 

Hebrew poetry in which a thought is taken up and carried 
forward step by step, resulting in a climax. Take, for 
example, the two builders at the conclusion of the Sermon 
on the Mount: 

Matt. 7 :24-29. Luke 6 147-49. 

"Everyone therefore that cometh unto me, and heareth 
my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he 
is like: he shall be likened unto a wise man building a 
house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation 
upon the rock, and who built his house upon the rock: 
and when the rain descended and the floods came, and a 
flood arose, the stream brake against that house and the 
winds blew, and beat upon it and could not shake it, and 
it fell not; because it had been well builded, for it was 
founded upon the rock. But everyone that heareth these 
words of mine and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a 
foolish man which built his house upon the sand, the earth 
without a foundation; and the rain descended, and the 
winds blew, and smote upon that house; against which 
the stream brake, and straightway it fell in; and it fell: 
and great was the fall thereof ; and the ruin of that house 
was great." 

A single passage in the story of the healing of a leper 
as recorded by the synoptists is unsurpassed, within my 
knowledge, in simple pathos : 

"Behold a leper, a man full of leprosy; came unto him, 
and when he saw Jesus, he, kneeling down to him, fell on 
his face, and worshipped him and besought him saying, 
Lord if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean." 

Unless I am greatly mistaken, W. R. Earp has ren- 
dered an invaluable service to all persons interested in 
Gospel harmony and the life of Christ. 

Blackwell, Oklahoma, May 22, 1913. 



CONTENTS 



PART ONE. 

Matters Connected With the Birth and Childhood of Christ, 

Page. 
CHAPTER I. 

Introductory Portions of the Several Gospels 23 

Dedication of Luke's Gospel 23 

Introduction to John's Gospel 23 

The Genealogy in Matthew 24 

The Genealogy in Luke 25 

CHAPTER II. 
Annunciation of the Birth of John the Baptist 26 

CHAPTER III. 
Annunciation to the Virgin Mary of the Birth of Jesus 28 

CHAPTER IV. 
The Visit of Mary to Elisabeth 29 

CHAPTER V. 
The Birth of John the Baptist and His Desert Life 30 

CHAPTER VI. 
Annunciation to Joseph of the Birth of Jesus 31 

CHAPTER VII. 
The Birth of Jesus 32 

CHAPTER VIII. 
Angels Proclaim to the Shepherds that the Savior is Born at 

Bethlehem 33 

CHAPTER IX. 
The Circumcision of Jesus, and Presentation in the Temple.. 34 



yiii. THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

Page. 
CHAPTER X. 
The Magi Visit the New Born King of the Jews 35 

CHAPTER XL 
The Child Jesus Carried to Egypt and the Children of Beth- 
lehem Slain , 36 

CHAPTER XII. 
The Child Jesus Brought from Egypt to Nazareth 37 

CHAPTER XIII. 
Jesus Lives at Nazareth and Visits Jerusalem When Twelve 

Years Old 38 

PART TWO. 

Beginning of the Forerunner's Ministry. 

CHAPTER XIV. 
John the Baptist Preaches the Near Approach of the Mes- 
sianic Reign and Baptizes in the Jordan Those Who Re- 
pent and Believe 39 

PART THREE. 

The Beginning of Our Lord's Ministry. 

CHAPTER XV. 
Jesus Baptized by John in the Jordan 42 

CHAPTER XVI. 
Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness 43 

CHAPTER XVII. 
John Testifies to Jesus 44 

CHAPTER XVIII. 
Jesus Makes His First Disciples 45 

CHAPTER XIX. 
Jesus Works His First Miracle 46 



THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. Ix. 

Page. 
CHAPTER XX. 
Jesus Makes His First Sojourn at Capernaum, Accompanied 

by His Kindred and His Early Disciples 47 

CHAPTER XXI. 

Jesus Attends the First Passover During His Ministry 48 

During the Passover Many Believe on Him. 
Conversation With Nicodemus 48 

CHAPTER XXII. 
His Early Ministry in Judea and John's Renewed Testimony. 50 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

Jesus Removes from Judea Through Samaria to Galilee 51 

Conversation at Jacob's Well 51 

PART FOUR. 
Our Lord's Great Ministry in Galilee. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 
General Account of His Teaching in Galilee 55 

CHAPTER XXV. 
Jesus Heals at Cana the Son of a Nobleman of Capernaum. .. 56 

CHAPTER XXVI 
Rejected at Nazareth, He Makes Capernaum His Residence.. 56 

CHAPTER XXVII. 
Jesus Calls Four Fishermen to Follow Him 58 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 
Jesus Heals a Demoniac in the Synagogue at Capernaum 59 

CHAPTER XXIX. 
He Heals Peter's Mother-in-Law and Many Others 60 

CHAPTER XXX. 
He Journeys About Galilee, Preaching and Healing 61 



X. THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

Page. 
CHAPTER XXXI. 
A Leper Healed and Much Excitement 62 

CHAPTER XXXII. 
Thronged in Capernaum, He Heals a Paralytic that Was 

Borne of Four and Lowered Through the Roof 63 

CHAPTER XXXIII. 
The Call of Matthew, Who Makes Him a Great Feast 64 

CHAPTER XXXIV. 
Jesus Discourses on Fasting 65 

CHAPTER XXXV. 
Jesus Raiseth Jairus' Daughter and Heals a Woman Who 

Only Touched His Garment 66 

CHAPTER XXXVI. 
He Heals Two Blind Men and a Dumb Demoniac 68 

CHAPTER XXXVII. 
He Attends a Feast in Jerusalem, Probably the Passover. He 

Heals a Man on the Sabbath 69 

CHAPTER XXXVIII. 
The Disciples Pluck Ears of Corn on the Sabbath and He 

Defends Them 71 

CHAPTER XXXIX. 
Jesus Heals a "Vyithered Hand on the Sabbath and Defends 

This Action 72 

CHAPTER XL. 
Great Multitudes Attend Him Beside the Sea of Galilee 73 

CHAPTER XLI. 
After a Night of Prayer, Jesus Selects Twelve Apostles 74 



THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. xi. 

Page. 
CHAPTER XLII. 

The Sermon on the Mount 75 

The Privileges and Requirements of the Messianic Reign.... 75 

The Influence and Responsibility of the Messiah's Subjects.. 76 
The Relation of the Master's Teaching to the Law and to the 

Current Teaching ']^ 

Good Works Must Not Be Performed Ostentatiously, for 

Example, Prayer, Fasting, Etc 79 

Single Hearted Devotion to God as Opposed to Worldly Aims 

and Anxieties 80 

About Judging Others 82 

Prayer, and the Golden Rule 82 

The Way of Salvation Hard to Find and Follow 83 

Conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount; the Two Builders.. 83 

CHAPTER XLIII. 
Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant at Capernaum 84 

CHAPTER XLIV. 
He Raises a Widow's Son at Nain 85 

CHAPTER XLV. 
A Message Comes from John the Baptist, and Jesus Dis- 
courses as to John and Various Other Matters Suggested. 86 

CHAPTER XLVI. 
The Woman that Was a Sinner Anointed the Savior's Feet. ... 89 

CHAPTER XLVII. 
Jesus' Further Journeying About Galilee 90 

CHAPTER XLVIII. 
Jesus Is Blasphemously Accused of Being in League with 

Beelzebub 90 

CHAPTER XLIX. 
Scribes and Pharisees Demand a Sign 92 

CHAPTER L. 
The Mother and Brethren of Christ 93 



xii. THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

Page. 
CHAPTER LI. 

The First Great Group of Parables 94 

The Parable of the Sower 94 

How to Manifest Light 96 

The Parable of the Seed Growing of Itself 97 

Parable of the Tares 97 

Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Leaven 98 

Parable of the Tares Explained, and Similar Parable of the 
Net Added; Parables of the Hid Treasure and the Pearl 

of Great Price 98 

CHAPTER LII. 
In Crossing the Lake, Jesus Stills the Tempest 100 

CHAPTER LIU. 
Beyond the Lake, He Heals Two Gadarene Demoniacs loi 

CHAPTER LIV. 
He Visits Nazareth and Is Again Rejected 103 

CHAPTER LV. 
Jesus Yet Again Journeys About Galilee and Now Sends the 

Twelve Before Him After Instructing Them 104 

CHAPTER LVI. 
Herod Antipas Supposes Jesus to Be John the Baptist Risen, 

Whom He Had Beheaded 107 

PART FIVE. 
Season of Retirement Into Districts Around Galilee. 

CHAPTER LVII. 
The Twelve Return, and Jesus Retires with Them Beyond the 

Lake to Rest. Feeding of the Five Thousand 109 

CHAPTER LVIII. 
The Twelve Try to Row Back and Jesus Comes Walking on 
the Water 11 1 



THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. xiii. 

Page. 
CHAPTER LIX. 
He Discourses in the Crowded Synagogue at Capernaum, on 
Eating Spiritual Food, and on the Necessity of a Divine 
Teaching and Drawing in Order to True Discipleship. . . 113 

CHAPTER LX. 
Emissaries from Jerusalem Reproach Jesus for Disregarding 
Tradition 116 

CHAPTER LXI. 
Jesus Retires to the Region of Tyre and Sidon and Heals the 

Phoenician Woman's Daughter 118 

CHAPTER LXIL 
He Goes Farther North, and Then East and South Into De- 
capolis. He heals Multitudes and Feeds the Four 
Thousand 119 

CHAPTER LXIIL 
After Crossing to Galilee He Again Retires Into the Tetrar- 

chy of Philip. A Blind Man Healed 121 

CHAPTER LXIV. 
In the Neighborhood of Caesarea Philippi, the Twelve Now 
Avow (Through Peter) Their Belief That He Is the 
Messiah 122 

CHAPTER LXV. 
Jesus Distinctly Foretells That He Will Be Rejected and 

Killed and Will Rise the Third Day 123 

CHAPTER LXVI. 
The Transfiguration and Discourse in Descending 124 

CHAPTER LXVII. 
The Demoniac Boy Whom the Disciples Could Not Heal 126 

CHAPTER LXVIII. 
Returning Privately Through Galilee, He Again Foretells His 
Death and Resurrection 127 



xiv. 'iHE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

Page. 

CHAPTER LXIX. 
Jesus the Messiah Pays the Half Shekel for the Temple 128 

CHAPTER LXX. 
The Twelve Contend as to Who Shall Be the Greatest Under 

the Messiah's Reign. His Subjects Must Be Childlike.. 129 

CHAPTER LXXL 
The Right Treatment of a Brother Who Has Sinned and the 

Duty of Patiently Forgiving a Brother. 131 

CHAPTER LXXII. 
The Messiah's Followers Must Give Up Everything for His 

Sake 132 

CHAPTER LXXIII. 

The Unbelieving Brothers of Jesus Counsel Him to Exhibit 

Himself in Judea and He Rejects the Advice 133 

CHAPTER LXXIV. 
Jesus Goes Privately to Jerusalem Through Samaria 133 

PART SIX. 

His Closing Ministry, in All Parts 0/ the Holy Land. Six Months 
Preceding the Crucifixion (Not Including the Last Week). 

CHAPTER LXXV. 
At the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus Teaches in the Temple and 

People Wonder Whether He Is the Messiah 134 

The Rulers Attempt to Arrest Him 134 

CHAPTER LXXVI. 
Story of an xA-dulteress Brought to Jesus for Judgment 137 

CHAPTER LXXVII. 
Jesus Claims to Be the Son of God and to Have Existed Be- 
fore Abraham. The People Attempt to Stone Him 138 



THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. xv. 

Page. 
CHAPTER LXXVIII. 
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind. The Rulers Forbid His Being 
Recognized as the Messiah 141 

CHAPTER LXXIX. 
Jesus Intimates that He Is Going To Die for His Flock and 

Come to Life Again 143 

CHAPTER LXXX. 
Mission of the Seventy and Their Return 144 

CHAPTER LXXXI. 
Jesus Answers a Lawyer's Question as to Eternal Life, Giving 

the Parable of the Good Samaritan 146 

CHAPTER LXXXII. 
Jesus the Guest of Martha and Mary 147 

CHAPTER LXXXIII. 
Jesus Again Gives a Model of Prayer, and Encourages the 

Disciples to Pray 148 

CHAPTER LXXXIV. 
Again He Is Blasphemously Accused of Being in League with 

Beelzebub 149 

CHAPTER LXXXV. 
While Breakfasting with the Pharisees, Jesus Severely De- 
nounces the Pharisees and Lawyers and Excites Their 
Enmity 151 

CHAPTER LXXXVI. 
He Speaks to His Disciples and a Vast Throng About Hypoc- 
risy, Worldl}'- Anxieties, Watchfulness and His Own Ap- 
proaching Death 152 

CHAPTER LXXXVII. 
All Must Repent or Perish; Parable of the Barren Fig Tree 156 



xvi. THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

Page. 
CHAPTER LXXXVIII. 

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath, and Defends Himself. Parables 

of the Mustard Seed and Leaven 157 

CHAPTER LXXXIX. 

At the Feast of Dedication, Jesus Will Not Yet Openly Say- 
He Is the Messiah. They Try to Stone Him and He 
Retires to Perea 158 

CHAPTER XC 
Teaching in Perea, on a Journey Toward Jerusalem. Warned 

Against Herod Antipas 159 

CHAPTER XCI. 
While Dining with a Chief Pharisee, He Again Heals on the 
Sabbath and Defends Himself. Three Lessons Suggested 
by the Occasion 160 

CHAPTER XCII. 
Great Crowds Follow Him and He Warns Them to Count the 

Cost of Discipleship 162 

CHAPTER XCIII. 
Five Great Parables. The Lost Sheep. The Lost Coin. The 
Lost Son. The Unrighteous Steward. The Rich Man and 
Lazarus. Some Other Brief Lessons 163 

CHAPTER XCIV. 
Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead 168 

CHAPTER XCV. 
The Sanhedrin Plot His Death and He Retires Again 170 

CHAPTER XCVI. 
Journeying Through Samaria and Galilee Toward Jerusalem. 
He Teaches that th*^ Messianic Reign Will Come Un- 
expectedly 171 



THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OP CHRIST. xvli. 

Page. 
CHAPTER XCVII. 
Parable of the Importunate Widow, and the Pharisee and 

Publican 173 

CHAPTER XCVIII. 
Going from Galilee Through Perea, He Teaches Concerning 

Divorce 174 

CHAPTER XCIX. 
He Blesses Some Infant Children, and Teaches that Subjects 

of the Messianic Reign Must Be Childlike 175 

CHAPTER C. 
The Rich Young Ruler, and the Perils of Riches. The Re- 
wards for Forsaking All to Follow Jesus Will Be Great, 
but Will Be Sovereign 176 

CHAPTER CI. 
Jesus Fortells to the Disciples His Death and Resurrection, 

and He Rebukes the Selfish Ambition of James and John 178 

CHAPTER CII. 
Blind Bartimaeus and His Companion Healed 180 

CHAPTER cm. 
Jesus Visits Zacchaeus and Speaks the Parable of the Pounds, 
and Sets Out for Jerusalem 181 

PART SEVEN. 
The Last Week of Our Lord's Ministry and His Crucifixion 183 

CHAPTER CIV. 
Jesus Arrives at Bethany, Near Jerusalem 183 

CHAPTER CV. 
His Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem as the Messiah 184 



xviii. THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

Page. 
CHAPTER CVI. 
The Barren Fig Tree Cursed, and the Second Cleansing of 

the Temple i86 

CHAPTER CVII. 
Some Greeks Wish to See Jesus and He Foretells that by- 
Being Lifted Up He Will Draw All Men Unto Him 187 

CHAPTER CVIII. 
The Barren Fig Tree Found To Have Withered 189 

CHAPTER CIX. 
The Rulers Question the Authority of Jesus. He Refuses to 
Explain and Sets Forth Their Wickedness by Three Par- 
ables. The Parable of the Two Sons. The Parable of the 
Wicked Husbandman. The Parable of the Marriage 
Feast of the King's Son 191 

CHAPTER ex. 
The Pharisees and the Herodians Try to Ensnare Jesus About 

Paying Tribute to Caesar 194 

CHAPTER CXI. 
The Sadducees Ask Him a Puzzling Question About the 

Resurrection 195 

CHAPTER CXII. 
A Pharisee Who Is a Lawyer Asks Another Question, and 
Then Jesus Asks the Pharisees a Question About the 
Messiah Which They Cannot Answer 196 

CHAPTER CXIIL 
In His Last Public Discourse, Jesus Solemnly Denounces the 

Scribes and Pharisees • 198 

CHAPTER CXIV. 
Jesus Closely Observes the Contributions in the Temple and 

Commends the Poor Widow's Gift 201 



THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. xix. 

Page. 
CHAPTER CXV. 
Sitting on the Mount of Olives Jesus Speaks to His Disciples 
About the Destruction of Jerusalem and His Own Second 
Coming 201 

CHAPTER CXVI. 
Conclusion of This Discourse as to the Second Coming. 
Parable of the Ten Virgins, and of the Talents. The 
Final Judgment 206 

CHAPTER CXVII. 
Jesus Again Predicts, and the Rulers Plot His Death. Mary- 
Anoints Him Beforehand for Burial and Judas Bargains 
to Betray Him 209 

CHAPTER CXVIII. 
The Preparation for the Passover Supper, and Contention 
Among the Twelve About Which Should Be Greatest... 211 

CHAPTER CXIX. 
During the Passover Meal Jesus Washes the Feet of His 

Disciples 213 

CHAPTER CXX. 
Jesus Foretells That Judas Will Betray Him and Peter Will 

Deny Him , 214 

CHAPTER CXXI. 
Jesus Institutes the Memorial Supper 217 

CHAPTER CXXII. 

Farewell Discourse to the Disciples 218 

John Fifteenth Chapter 220 

John Sixteenth Chapter 221 

John Seventeenth Chapter 223 

CHAPTER CXXIII. 
Going Forth to Gethsemane, Jesus Suffers Long in Agony... 225 



XX. iHE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

*• Page. 
CHAPTER CXXIV. 
Jesus Is Betrayed, Arrested and Forsaken 226 

CHAPTER CXXV. 
Jesus First Examined by Annas, the ex-High Priest 228 

CHAPTER CXXVI. 
Tried and Condemned by Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin 229 

CHAPTER CXXVII. 
Peter Thrice Denies His Lord 230 

CHAPTER CXXVIII. 
After Dawn, Jesus Is Formally Condemned by the Sanhedrin, 

and Led Away to Pilate 232 

CHAPTER CXXIX. 
The Remorse and Suicide of Judas the Betrayer 233 

CHAPTER CXXX. 
Jesus Before Pilate the First Time 234 

CHAPTER CXXXI. 
Jesus Before Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch 235 

CHAPTER CXXXII. 
Brought Back to Pilate, Who Slowly and Reluctantly Con- 
sents that He Shall Be Crucified 236 

CHAPTER CXXXIIL 

The Crucifixion 239 

He Is Crucified. Many Revile 240 

Darkness for Three Hours. After Four More Sayings, He 

Expires. Strange Events Attending His Death 242 

Found to be Dead, He Is Buried. A Guard Is Set Over the 

Tomb 243 



\.HB NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. xxl. 

Page. 

PART EIGHT. 

Our Lord's Resurrection, Appearances and Ascension. 

CHAPTER CXXXIV. 
Angels Announce to Two Certain Women that Jesus Is Risen 

and Peter and John Enter the Empty Tomb 246 

CHAPTER CXXXV. 
Thie Risen Lord Appears to the Women, and Separately to 
' Mary Magdalene, These Report to the Apostles 248 

CHAPTER CXXXVI. 
Some of the Guards Report to the Jewish Rulers 249 

CHAPTER CXXXVII. 
Jesus Appears to Simon Peter and the Two Disciples on the 

Way to Emmaus 250 

CHAPTER CXXXVIII. 
He Appears to the Apostles (Except Thomas), to the Two 
Returned from Emmaus, and Others, and Gives a Com- 
mission 252 

CHAPTER CXXXIX. 
He Appears Again to the Disciples, Including Thomas 253 

CHAPTER CXL. 
He Appears to Seven Disciples Beside the Sea of Galilee 253 

CHAPTER CXLI. 
He Meets Above Five Hundred on an Appointed Mountain in 

Galilee and Gives a Commission 256 

CHAPTER CXLII. 
He Appears to James; Then to All the Apostles and Gives 

Them a Commission 257 

CHAPTER CXLIIL 
The Ascension 258 



PART ONE 

MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE BIRTH AND 
CHILDHOOD OF CHRIST, 

CHAPTER I. 
Introductory Portions of the Several Gospels. 

Matthew, writing for Jewish readers, 'begins with a genealogy. 
Luke, writing like a Greek historian, begins with a dedication to a 
friend. John begins in a thoroughly unique manner, not with the 
birth of the subject, but with his eternal pre-existence, and the fact 
that the entire universe owes its existence to him; adding that he 
finally became incarnate, and we knew him well. See 1 John 1:1. 
Mark begins his narrative without any formal introduction. 

Dedication of Luke's Gospel. 
Luke 1:1-4. 

For as much as many have taken in hand to draw up 
a narrative concerning those matters v^hich have been ful- 
filled among us, even as they delivered them unto us, 
which from the beginning were eye-witnesses and minis- 
ters of the word, it has seemed good to me also, having 
traced the course of all things accurately from the first, 
to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, 
that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the 
things wherein thou wast instructed. 

Introduction to John's Gospel. 
John I :i-i8. 

In the beginning was the Word and the Word was 
with God and the Word was God. The same was in the 
beginning with God. All things were made by him; and 
without him was not anything made that hath been made. 
In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And 



24 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OP CHRIST. 

the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness appre- 
hended it not. There came a man, sent from God, whose 
name was John. The same came for a witness, that he 
might bear witness of the light, that all might believe 
through him. He was not that light, but came that he 
might bear witness of the light. There was the true light, 
even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the 
world. He was in the world and the world was made by 
him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, 
and they that were his own received him not. But as many 
as received him, to 'them gave he the right to become the 
children of God, even to them that believe on his name: 
which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the 
flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word 
became flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his 
glory, glory, as of the only begotten from the Father), full 
of grace and truth. John beareth witness of him, and 
crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh 
after me is become before me : for he was before me. For of 
his fulness we all received, and grace for grace. For 
the law was given by Moses ; grace and truth came by 
Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; the 
only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, 
he hath declared him. 



The Genealogy in Matthew. 

Matt. I :i-i7. 

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son 
of David, the son of Abraham. 

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and 
Jacob begat Judah and his brethren; and Judah begat 
Perez and Zerah of Tamar; and Perez begat Hezron; and 
Hezron begat Ram; and Ram begat Amminadab; and 
Amminadab begat Nahshon. And Nahshon begat Salmon; 
and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab; and Boaz begat Obed 



THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 25 

of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; and Jesse begat David 
the king. 

And David begat Solomon of her that had been the 
wife of Uriah; and Solomon begat Rehoboam; and 
Rehoboam begat Abijah; and Abijah begat Asa; and Asa 
begat Jehoshaphat; and Jehoshaphat begat Joram; and 
Joram begat Uzziah; and Uzziah begat Jotham; and 
Jotham begat Ahaz; and Ahaz begat Hezekiah; and Heze- 
kiah begat Manasseh ; and Manasseh begat Amon ; and 
Amon begat Josiah; and Josiah begat Jechoniah and his 
brethren, at the time of the carrying away to Babylon. 

And after the carrying away to Babylon Jechoniah 
begat Shealtiel ; and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel ; and 
Zerubbabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and 
Eliakim begat Azor; and Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc 
begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; and Eliud begat 
Eleazar ; and Eleazar begat Matthan ; and Matthan begat 
Jacob; and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of 
whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. 

So all the generations from Abraham unto David are 
fourteen generations ; and from David to the carrying away 
to Babylon is fourteen generations; and from the carrying 
away to Babylon unto the Christ fourteen generations. 

The Genealogy in Luke. 
Luke 3 :i23-38. 

Being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of 
Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, 
the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Matathias, 
the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son 
of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son 
of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, the son of 
Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son 
of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi, the son 
of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son 
of Er, the son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of 



26 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of 
Symeon, the son of Judas, the son of Joseph, the son of 
Jonam, the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea, the son of 
Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son 
of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the 
son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of 
Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, the son of Arni, the son 
of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, the son 
of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of 
Terah, the son of Nahor, the son of Serug, the son of 
Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, 
the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, 
the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, 
the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, 
the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the 
son of Adam, the son of God. 



CHAPTER II. 

Annunciation of the Birth of John the Baptist. 

Jerusalem, in the Temple. Probably B. C. 6. 
Luke 1 15-25. 

There was in the days of Herod, king of Judea, a 
certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: 
and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name 
was Elisabeth. And they were both righteous before God, 
walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the 
Lord blameless. And they had no child, because that 
Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well 
stricken in years. 

Now it came to pass, while he executed the priest's 
office before God in the order of his course, according 
to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter 
into the temple of the Lord to burn incense. And the 



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whole multitude of the people were praying without at 
the hour of incense. And there appeared unto him an 
angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar 
of incense. And Zacharias was troubled when he saw 
him, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said unto him, 
Fear not, Zacharias: because thy supplication is heard, 
and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou 
shalt call his name John. And thou shalt have joy and 
gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. For he 
shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink 
no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the 
Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. And many of 
the children of Israel shall be turned to the Lord their 
God. And he shall go before his face in the spirit and 
power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the father's to the 
children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of 
the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared 
for him . And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby 
shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife well 
stricken in years. And the angel answering said unto him, 
I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God ; and I was 
sent to speak unto to thee, and to bring thee these good 
tidings. And behold, thou shalt be silent and not able 
to speak until the day these things shall come to pass, 
because thou believedst not my words, which shall be 
fulfilled in their season. And the people were waiting 
for Zacharias, and they marvelled while he tarried in the 
temple. And when he came out, he could not speak unto 
them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the 
temple: and he continued making signs unto them and 
remained dumb. And it came to pass, when the days of 
his ministration were fulfilled, he departed unto his house. 
And after these days Elisabeth his wife conceived; 
and she hid herself five months, saying, Thus hath the 
Lord done unto to me in the days he looked upon me, 
to take away my reproach among men. 



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CHAPTER III. 

Annunciation to the Virgin Mary of the Birth of Jesus. 

Nazareth. Probably B. C. 5. 
Luke 1 :26-38. 

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent 
from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a 
virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph of the 
house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And 
he came in unto her, and said. Hail, thou that art highly 
favored, the Lord is with thee. But she was greatly 
troubled at the saying, and cast in her mind what manner 
of salutation this might be. And the angel said unto her. 
Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God. And 
behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth 
a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. He shall be great, 
and he shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the 
Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father 
David: and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; 
and of his kingdom there shall be no end. And Mary 
said unto the angel. How shall this be, seeing I know 
not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, 
The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power 
of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also 
that which is to be born shall be called holy, the Son of 
God. And behold, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, she also 
has conceived a son in her old age : and this is the sixth 
month with her that was called barren. For no word from 
God shall be void of power. And Mary said. Behold, 
the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to 
thy word. And the angel departed from her. 



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CHAPTER IV. 

The Visit oi Mary to Elisabeth. 

Hill Country of Judea. 
Luke 1 :39-56. 

And Mary arose in these days and went into the hill 
country with haste, into a city of Judah ; and entered into 
the house of Zacharias and saluted Elisabeth. And it came 
to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the 
babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with 
the Holy Ghost; and she lifted up her voice with a loud 
cry, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed 
is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that 
the mother of my Lord should come unto me? For behold, 
when the voice of thy salutation came into mine ears, the 
babe leaped in my womb for joy. And blessed is she 
that believed; for there shall be a fulfilment of the things 
that have been spoken to her from the Lord. And Mary 
said. 

My soul doth magnify the Lord, 
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. 
For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaiden: 
For behold, from hence forth all generations shall call 

me blessed. 
For he that is mighty hath done to me great things ; 
And holy is his name. 

And his mercy is unto generations and generations 
On them that fear him. 
He hath showed strength with his arm; 
He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their 

heart. 
He hath put down princes from their thrones. 
And hath exalted them of low degree. 
The hungry he hath filled with good things; 
And the rich he hath sent empty away. 
He hath holpen Israel his servant, 



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That he might remember mercy 
(As he spake unto our fathers) 
Toward Abraham and his seed forever. 

And Mary abode with her about three months, and 
returned unto her house. 



CHAPTER V. 

The Birth of John the Baptist and His Desert Life. 

Hill country of Judea. 
Luke 1 : 57-80. 

Now Elisabeth's time was fulfilled that she should be 
delivered ; and she brought forth a son. And her neighbors 
and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his 
mercy toward her; and they rejoiced with her. And it came 
to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the 
child, and they would have called him Zacharias, after the 
name of his father. And his mother answered and said, Not 
so; but he shall be called John. And they said unto her. 
There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. 
And they made signs to his father, what he would have him 
called. And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, 
saying. His name is John. And they marvelled all. And 
his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue was 
loosed, and he spake, blessing God. And fear came on 
all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings 
were noised abroad through the hill country of Judea. 
And all that heard them laid them up in their hearts, 
saying. What then shall this child be? For the hand of 
the Lord was with him. 

And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy 
Ghost, and prophesied, saying. 
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; 
For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people, 



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And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us 

In the house of his servant David 

(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets which 

have been since the world began), 
Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that 

hate us; 
To shew mercy towards our fathers, 
And to remember his holy covenant; 
The oath which he sware unto Abraham our father, 
To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hands 

of our enemies 
Should serve him without fear, 

In holiness and righteousness before him all our days. 
Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the 

Most High: 
For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make 

ready his ways; 
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people 
In the remission of their sins. 
Because of the tender mercy of our God, 
Whereby the day-spring from on high shall visit us, 
To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow 

of death; 
To guide our feet into the way of peace. 

And the child grew, and waxed strong in the spirit, 
and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto 
Israel. 



CHAPTER VI. 

Annunciation to Joseph of the Birth of Jesus. 

Nazareth. 
Matt. 1 : 18-25. 

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise : When 
his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before 



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they came together she was found with child of the Holy- 
Ghost. And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, 
and not willing to make her a public example, was minded 
to put her away privily. But when he thought on these 
things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him 
in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not 
to take unto thee Mary thy wife : for that which is con- 
ceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring 
forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for it is 
he that shall save his people from their sins. Now all 
this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was 
spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, 

Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring 
forth a son, 

And they shall call his name Immanuel ; 
which is, being interpreted, God with us. And Joseph 
arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord 
commanded him, and took unto him his wife; and knew 
her not till she had brought forth a son. 



CHAPTER Vn. 

The Birth of Jesus. 

Bethlehem. Probably B. C. 5. 
Luke 2:1-7. 

Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a 
decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should 
be enrolled. This was the first enrolment when Quirinius 
w^as governor of Syria. And all went to enrol them- 
selves, every one to his own city. And Joseph also went 
up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea 
to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because 
he was of the house and family of David; to enrol himself 
with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with 



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child. And it came to pass, while they were there, the 
days were fulfilled that she should be delivered. And 
she brought forth her first born son; and she wrapped 
him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, 
because there was no room for them in the inn. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

Angels Proclaim to the Shepherds that the Savior is Born 

at Bethlehem, 

Near Bethlehem. 
Luke 2:8-20. 

And there were shepherds in the same country abiding 
in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock. 
And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory 
of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore 
afraid. And the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; 
for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which 
shall be to all the people: for there is born to you this 
day in the city of David, a Savior which is Christ the 
Lord. And this is the sign unto you: Ye shall find a babe 
wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger. And 
suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the 
heavenly host praising God, and saying, 

Glory to God in the highest, 

And on earth peace among men in whom he is well 
pleased. 

And it came to pass, when the angels went away from 
them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, let 
us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is 
come to pass, which the Lord hath made known to us. And 
they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, 
and the babe lying in the manger. And when they saw 
it, they made known concerning the saying which was 



34 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OP CHRIST. 

Spoken to them about this child. And all that heard it 
wondered at the things which were spoken unto them by 
the shepherds. But Mary kept all these sayings, ponder- 
ing them in her heart. And the shepherds returned glori- 
fying and praising God for all the things that they had 
heard and seen, even as it was spoken unto them. 



CHAPTER IX. 

The Circumcision of Jesus, and Presentation in the 

Temple. 

Bethlehem and Jerusalem. 
Luke 2:21-38. 

And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising 
him, his name was called JESUS, which was so called by 
the angel before he was conceived in the womb. 

And when the days of their purification according 
to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to 
Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord (as it is written 
in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb, 
shall be called holy to the Lord), and to offer a sacrifice 
according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A 
pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons. And behold, 
there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; 
and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the 
consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 
And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, 
that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's 
Christ. And he came in the Spirit into the temple: and 
when the parents brought in the child Jesus that they might 
do concerning him after the custom of the law, then he 
received him into his arms, and blessed God and said. 
Now lettest thou thy servant depart, O Lord, 
According to thy word, in peace; 



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For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 

Which thou hast prepared before the face of all the 

peoples: 
A light for revelation to the Gentiles, 
And the glory of thy people Israel. 

And his father and his mother v^ere marvelling at the 
things v^hich vv^ere spoken concerning him; and Simeon 
blessed them, and said unto Mary, his mother, Behold, this 
child is set for the falling and rising up of many in Israel; 
and for a sign w^hich is spoken against ; yea, and a sword 
shall pierce through thine own soul ; that thoughts out of 
many hearts may be revealed. And there was one Anna, a 
prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher 
(she was of a great age, having lived with her husband 
seven years from her virginity, and she had been a widow 
even for four score and four years), which departed not 
from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplica- 
tions night and day. And coming up at that very hour she 
gave thanks unto God, and spake of him to all them that 
were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem. 



CHAPTER X. 

The Magi Visit the New Born King of the Jews, 

Jerusalem and Bethlehem. 
Matt. 2:i-i2. 

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in 
the days of Herod, the king, behold, wise men from the 
East came to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born 
King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the East, and 
are come to worship him. And when Herod the king 
heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 
And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of 
the people, he inquired of him where the Christ should be 



36 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

born. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea : 

for thus it is Avritten by the prophet: 

x\nd thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, 

Art in no wise least among the princes of Judah ; 

For out of thee shall c(5me forth a governor, 

Which shall be shepherd of my people Israel. 

Then Herod privily called the wise men, and learned 
of them carefully what time the star appeared. And he 
sent them to Bethlehem, and said. Go and search out care- 
fully concerning the young child: and when ye have found 
him, bring me word, that I also may come and worship 
him. And they, having heard the king, went their way; 
and lo, the star, which they saw in the East went before 
them, till it came and stood over where the young child 
was. And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with ex- 
ceeding great joy. And they came into the house and 
saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell 
down and worshipped him; and opening their treasures 
they offered unto him gifts, gold, and frankincense and 
myrrh. And being Avarned of God in a dream that they 
should not return to Herod, they departed into their own 
country another way. 



CHAPTER XI. 

r 

The Child Jesus Carried to Egypt and the Children of 

Bethlehem Slain. 

Probably B. C. 4. 
Matt. 2:13-18. 

Now when they were departed, behold an angel of the 
Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying. Arise and 
take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, 
and be thou there until I tell thee; for Herod will seek the 
young child to destroy him. And he arose and took the 



THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OP CHRIST. 37 

young child and his mother by night, and departed into 

Egypt ; and was there until the death of Herod ;that it might 

be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the 

prophet, saying. Out of Egypt did I call my son. Then 

Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, 

was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male 

children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders 

thereof, from two years old and under, according to the 

time which he had carefully learned of the wise men. Then 

was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the 

prophet, saying: 

A voice was heard in Ramah, 

Weeping and great mourning, 

Rachel weeping for her children; 

And she would not be comforted, because they are not. 

CHAPTER XII. 

The Child Jesus Brought from Egypt to Nazareth. 

Probably B. C. 4. 

Matt. 2:19-23. Luke 2:39. 

But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the 
Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying. 
Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go 
into the land of Israel ; for they are dead that sought the 
young child's life. And when they had accomplished all 
things according to the law of the Lord, he arose and took 
the young child and his mother, and they returned, and 
came into the land of Israel. But when he heard that 
Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the room of his 
father Herod, he was afraid to go thither; and being 
warned of God in a dream, he withdrew into the parts of 
Galilee, and came and dwelt in their own city called Naz- 
areth; that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the 
prophets, that he should be called a Nazarene. 



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CHAPTER XIII. 

Jesus Lives at Nazareth and Visits Jerusalem When 

Twelve Years Old. 

Probably A. D. 7 or 8. 
Luke 2:40-52. 

And the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with 
wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him. 

And his parents went every year to Jerusalem at the 
feast of the passover. And when he was twelve years old, 
they went up after the custom of the feast ; and when 
they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the 
boy Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and his parents 
knew it not; but supposing him to be in the company, they 
went a day's journey; and they sought for him among 
their kinsfolk and acquaintance : and when they found 
him not, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking for him. And 
it came to pass, after three days they found him in the 
temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing 
them, and asking them questions : and all that heard him 
were amazed at his understanding and his answers. And 
when they saw him they were astonished : and his mother 
said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? 
Behold, thy father and I sought thee sorrowing. And he 
said unto them. How is it that ye sought me? Wist ye 
not that I must be in my Father's house? And they un- 
derstood not the saying which he spake unto them. And 
he went down with them, and came to Nazareth ; and he 
was subject unto them: and his mother kept all these say- 
ings in her heart. 

And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in 
favor with God and men. 



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PART TWO 

BEGINNING OF THE FORERUNNER'S MINISTRY. 

Several Months. Pro'ba'bly A. D. 25 or 26. 
In the Wilderness of Judea, and beside the Jordan. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

John the Baptist Preaches the near Approach of the Mes- 
sianic Reign, and Baptizes in the Jordan Those 
Who Repent and Believe. 

Matt. 3:1-12. Mark 1:1-8. Luke 3:1-18. 

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son 
of God. 

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius 
Caesar, Pontius Pilate being Governor of Judea, and 
Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip 
tetrarch of the reign of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Ly- 
sanias tetrarch of Abilene, in the high priesthood of Annas 
and Caiaphas, the Word of God came unto John the son 
of Zacharias in the wilderness. And in those days came 
John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 
saying. Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 
And he came into the region round about preaching the 
baptism of repentance unto the remission of sins; as it is 
written in the book of the word of Isaiah the prophet; for 
this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying. 

Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who 
shall declare thy way; 

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ye 
ready the way of the Lord, 

Make his paths straight; every valley shall be filled, 



40 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

And every mountain and hill shall be brought low ; 

And the crooked shall be made straight, 

And the rough ways smooth ; 

And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. 

John came, who baptized in the wilderness and 
preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins; 
Now John himself was clothed with raiment of camel's 
hair, and had a leathern girdle about his loins; and the 
food which he did eat was locusts and wild honey. And 
then there went out to him all they of Jerusalem, and all 
the country of Judea, and all the region round about Jor- 
dan; And they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, 
confessing their sins. 

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Saddu- 
cees coming to his baptism he said unto them, and there- 
fore he said, to the multitude that went out to be baptized 
of him, Ye offspring of vipers who warned you to flee 
from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits 
worthy of repentance: and think not within yourselves, 
and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham 
to our father ; for I say unto you, that God is able of these 
stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And even now 
is the axe also laid unto the root of the trees: every tree 
therefore that bringeth not good fruit is hewn down, and 
cast into the fire. And the multitudes asked him, saying, 
What then must we do? And he answered and said unto 
them. He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that 
hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise. And 
there came also Publicans to be baptized, and they said 
unto him, Master, What must we do? And he said unto 
them, Extort no mor-e than that which is appointed you. 
And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must 
we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, 
neither exact anything wrongfully: and be content with 
your wages. 

And as the people were in expectation, and all men 



THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 41 

reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply 
he were the Christ: John answering, preached unto them, 
saying unto them all ; I indeed baptize you with water unto 
repentance, but there cometh after me he that is mightier 
than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop 
down and unloose, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear : 
he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: 
whose fan is in his hand, throughly to cleanse his thresh- 
ing floor; and will gather his wheat into his garner; but 
the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire. 

With many other exhortations therefore preached he 
good tidings unto the people. 



42 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 



PART THREE 



THE BEGINNING OF OUR LORD'S MINISTRY. 

In all parts oj" the Holy Land, lasting several months. For the most 

part, probably A. D, 27. 



CHAPTER XV. 

Jesus Baptized by John in the Jordan. 

Bethany beyond Jordan. 

Matt. 3:13-17. Mark 1:9-11. Luke 3:21, 22. 
Then it came to pass in those days that Jesus came 
from Nazareth of Galilee, and cometh to the Jordan, unto 
John to be baptized of him, and was baptized of John in 
the Jordan. But John would have hindered him, saying, 
I have need to be baptized of thee. And comest thou to 
me? But Jesus answering, said unto him, Suffer it now; 
for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then 
he suffereth him. Now it came to pass, when all the peo- 
ple were baptized, that Jesus also having been baptized, 
and straightway coming up out of the water, and praying, 
the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the heavens 
rent asunder, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as 
a dove, and coming upon him; and, lo, a voice out of the 
heavens, saying. This is my beloved Son in whom I am 
well pleased. And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily 
form as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, 
Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. And 
Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty 
years of age. 



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CHAPTER XVI. 

Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness. 

Matt. 4:1-11. Mark 1:12, 13. Luke 4:1-13. 

And Jesus full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the 
Jordan, and straightway the Spirit driveth him forth into 
the wilderness. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into 
the wilderness to be tempted of the devil; and he was led 
by the Spirit and was in the wilderness during forty days, 
being tempted of Satan, the devil. And he was with the 
wild beasts, and he did eat nothing in those days; and he 
fasted forty days and forty nights ; and when they were 
completed he afterwards hungered. And the tempter, the 
devil, came unto him and said : Command this stone that 
it become bread if thou art the Son of God. And if thou 
art the Son of God command that these stones become 
bread. And Jesus answered and said unto him, But, it is 
written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every 
word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Then the 
devil taketh him, and he was led into the holy city, Jeru- 
salem, and he set him upon the pinnacle of the temple, and 
said unto him. If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself 
down from hence; for it is written, He shall give his 
angels charge concerning thee to guard thee ; and on their 
hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy 
foot against a stone. 

Jesus answering, said unto him: It is again said in 
the writings. Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 
Again, the devil taketh him, and led him into an exceed- 
ing high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of 
the world and the glory of them in a moment of time. And 
the devil said unto him. To thee I will give all this au- 
thority, and all these things, and the glory of them: If 
thou wilt fall down, and worship me. For it has been 



44 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I w^ill give it. If 
thou therefore wilt worship before me, it shall all be thine. 
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee hence, 
Satan; for it is written. Thou shalt worship the Lord thy 
God, and him only shalt thou serve. 

And when the devil had completed every temptation, 
he departed, and leaveth him for a season; and behold, 
angels came and ministered unto him. 



CHAPTER XVII. 

John Testifies to Jesus. 

At Bethany beyond the Jordan. 
John 1:19-34. 

And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent 
unto him from Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask him, 
Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied not; and he 
confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him. What 
then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou 
the prophet? And he answered. No. They said therefore 
unto him, AVho art thou? That we may give an answer to 
them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? He said, 
I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make 
straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet. 
And they had been sent from the Pharisees. And they 
asked him, and said unto him. Why then baptizeth thou, 
if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the 
prophet? John answered them, saying, I baptize with 
water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know 
not, even he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose 
shoes I am not worthy to unloose. These things were done 
in Bethany beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. 

On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and 
saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, which taketh away the 



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sin of the world ! This is he of whom I said, After me 
cometh a man which is become before me : for he was be- 
fore me. And I knew him not; but that he should be 
made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing 
with water. And John bare witness, saying, I have beheld 
the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven; and it abode 
upon him. And I knew him not; but he that sent me to 
baptize with water, he said unto me. Upon whomsoever 
thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon 
him, the same is he that baptizeth with the Holy Spirit. 
And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the 
Son of God. 



CHAPTER XVni. 

Jesus makes his first Disciples. 

At Bethany beyond the Jordan. 

John 1:35-51- 

Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of 
his disciples; and he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and 
saith, Behold, the Lamb of God ! And the two disciples 
heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. And Jesus 
turned, and beheld them following, and saith unto them, 
What seek ye? And they said unto him. Rabbi (which is 
to say, being interpreted. Master), where abidest thou? 
He saith unto them. Come, and ye shall see. They came 
therefore and saw where he abode; and they abode with 
him that day: it was about the tenth hour. One of the 
two that heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew 
Simon Peter's brother. He findeth his own brother 
Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah 
(which is, being interpreted, the Christ). He brought him 
unto Jesus. Jesus looked upon him, and said. Thou art 



46 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OP CHRIST. 

Simon the son of John; thou shalt be called Cephas (which 
is by interpretation, Peter). 

On the morrow he was minded to go forth into Galilee, 
and he f indeth Philip : and Jesus saith unto him, Follow 
me. Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew 
and Peter. Philip findeth Nathaniel, and saith unto him, 
We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the 
prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 
And Nathaniel said unto him, Can any good thing come 
out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. 
Jesus saw Nathaniel coming unto him, and saith of him. 
Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! Nathan- 
iel saith unto him, AVhence knowest thou me? Jesus an- 
swered and said unto him. Before Philip called thee, when 
thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. Nathaniel an- 
swered him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God ; thou art 
the King of Israel. Jesus answered and said unto him. 
Because I said unto thee, I saw thee underneath the fig 
tree, believest thou? Thou shalt see greater things than 
these. And he saith unto him. Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, Ye shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of 
God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. 



CHAPTER XIX. 

Jesus Works His First Miracle. 

At Cana in Galilee. 
John 2:1-11. 

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of 
Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: and Jesus also 
was bidden, and his disciples, to the marriage. And when 
the wine failed, the mother of Jesus said unto him. They 
have no wine. And Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what 



THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 47 

have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come. His 
mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto 
you, do it. Nowr there v^ere six w^ater pots of stone set 
there after the Jews' manner of purifying, containing two 
or three firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto them. Fill the 
water pots with water. And they filled them up to the 
brim. And he saith unto them. Draw out now and bear 
unto the ruler of the feast. And they bare it. And when 
the ruler of the feast tasted the water, now become wine, 
and knew not whence it was (but the servants which had 
drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast calleth the 
bridegroom, and saith unto him. Every man setteth on 
first the good wine; and when men have drunk freely, then 
that which is worse: thou hast kept the good wine until 
now. This beginning of his signs did Jesus in Cana of 
Galilee and manifested his glory and his disciples believed 
on him. 



CHAPTER XX. 

Jesus Makes His First Sojourn at Capernaum, Accom- 
panied by His Kindred and His Early Disciples. 
Capernaum Will Become His Home. 

John 2:12. 

After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his 
mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and there they 
abode not many days. 



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CHAPTER XXL- 

Jesus Attends the First Passover During His Ministry. 

Jerusalem. Probably A. D. 27. 

He cleanses the Temple. 

John 2:13-22. 

And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus 
went up to Jerusalem. And he found in the temple those 
who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of 
money, sitting: and he made a scourge of cords, and cast 
all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen ; and 
he poured out the changers' money, and overthrew their 
tables; and to them that sold doves he said. Take these 
things hence ; make not my Father's house a house of mer- 
chandise. His disciples remembered that it was written, 
The zeal of thine house shall eat me up. The Jews there- 
fore answered and said unto him, "W^hat sign showest thou 
unto us, seeing thou doest these things. Jesus answered 
and said unto them, Destroy this temple and in three days 
I will raise it up. The Jews therefore said. Forty and si:K 
3'ears w^as this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it 
up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body, 
When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples 
remembered that he spake this; and they believed the 
scripture and the word w^hich Jesus had said. 

During the Passover, Many Believe on Jesus, Including 
the Ruler Nicodemus. Conversation With Nicodemus. 

John 2 :23 to 3 :2i. 

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, during 
the feast, many believed on his name, beholding his signs 
which he did. But Jesus did not trust himself unto them 
for that he knew all men and because he needed not that 



THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 49 

any one should bear witness concerning man: for he him- 
self knew what was in man. 

Now there was a man of "the Pharisees, named Nico- 
demus, a ruler of the Jews; the same came unto him by 
night, and said to him. Rabbi, we know that thou art a 
teacher come from God : for no man can do these signs 
which thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered 
and said unto him. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except 
a man be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 
Nicodemus saith unto him. How can a man be born when 
he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's 
womb and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say 
unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, 
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is 
born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the 
spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee. Ye must 
be born anew. The wind bloweth where it listeth and thou 
hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it Com- 
eth, and whither it goeth; so is every one that is born 
of the spirit. Nicodemus ansAvered and said unto him, 
How can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto 
him. Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not 
these things? Verily, verily, I say unto thee. We speak 
that we do kno^v, and bear witness of that we have seen; 
and ye receive not our witness. If I told you earthly 
things, and ye believed not, how shall ye believe, if I tell 
you heavenly things ? And no man hath ascended into 
heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son 
of man, which is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the 
serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man 
be lifted up; that whosoever believeth, may in him have 
eternal life. 

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only be- 
gotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him, should not 
perish, but have eternal life. For God sent not the Son 
into the world to judge the world; but that the world 



50 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

should be saved through him. He that believeth on him is 
not judged; he that believeth not has been judged already, 
because he hath not believed on the name of the only be- 
gotten Son of God. And this is the judgment, that the 
light is come into the world, and men loved darkness 
rather than the light, for their v^orks w^ere evil. For every 
one that doeth ill hateth the light, and cometh not to the 
light, lest his v^orks should be reproved. But he that 
doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be 
made manifest, that they have been wrought in God. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

His Early Ministry in Judea, and John's Renewed 

Testimony. 

Judea and Aenon. 

John 3:22-36. 

After these thing came Jesus and his disciples into 
the land of Judea, and there he tarried with them and bap- 
tized. And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to 
Salim, because there was much water there ; and they came, 
and were baptized. For John was not yet cast into prison. 
There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's 
disciples with a Jew about purifying. And they came unto 
John, and said to him. Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond 
Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same 
baptizeth, and all men come to him. And John answered 
and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been 
given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness, 
that I said, I am not the Christ, but, I am sent before him, 
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend 
of the bridegroom which standeth and heareth him, re- 
joiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my 
joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must 
decrease. 



THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OP CHRIST. 51 

He that cometh from above is above all : he that is of 
the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he 
that cometh from heaven is above all. What he hath seen 
and heard, of that he beareth v^itness ; and no man re- 
ceiveth his w^itness. He that hath received his w^itness, 
hath set his seal to this, that God is true. For he v^hom 
God has sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth 
not the spirit by measure. The Father loveth the Son, and 
hath given all things into his hands. He that believeth 
on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the 
Son shall not see life, but the v^rath of God abideth on 
him. 



CHAPTER XXni. 

Jesus Removes From Judea Through Samaria to Galilee. 

Reasons for leaving Judea. Conversation at Jacob's v^ell, 

and sojourn at Sichar. 
John 4:1-45. Luke 3:19, 20. Matt. 4:12. Mark 1:14. 

Luke 4:14. 

When therefore the Lord knew how that the Pharisees 
had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more dis- 
ciples than John (although Jesus himself baptized not, 
but his disciples), he left Judea, and departed again into 
Galilee. And he must needs pass through Samaria. 

But Herod, the tetrarch, being reproved by him for 
Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the evil things 
which Herod had done, added yet this above all, that he 
shut up John in prison. 

Now after John was delivered up, and when Jesus 
heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew and he re- 
turned in the power of the spirit into Galilee. 

So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sichar, near 



52 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OP CHRIST. 

to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph ; 
and Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied 
with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the 
sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw 
water: Jesus saith unto her. Give me to drink. For his 
disciples were gone away into the city to buy food. The 
Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him, How is it that 
thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a Samari- 
tan woman? (For Jews have no dealings with Samari- 
tans). Jesus answered and said unto her. If thou knew- 
est the gift of God, and who it is that sayest to thee, Give 
me to drink ; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he 
would have given thee living water. The woman saith unto 
him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is 
deep; from whence then hast thou that living water? Art 
thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, 
and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle? 
Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drink- 
eth of this water shall thirst again: but whosoever drinketh 
of the water that I shall give him, shall never thirst; but 
the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well 
of water springing up into eternal life. The woman saith 
unto him. Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither 
come all the way hither to draw. Jesus saith unto her, Go, 
call thy husband and come hither. The woman answered 
and said unto him, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto 
her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband : for thou hast had 
five husbands ; and he whom thou now hast is not thy 
husband: this hast thou said truly. The woman saith unto 
him. Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. Our fathers 
worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusa- 
lem is the place where men ought to worship. Jesus 
saith unto her. Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when 
neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye wor- 
ship the Father. Ye worship that which ye know not; we 
worship that which we know: for salvation is from the 



THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 53 

Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true 
worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in 
truth: for such doth the father seek to be his worshippers. 
God is a spirit: and they that worship him must worship 
him in spirit and in truth. The woman saith unto him, 
I know that Messiah cometh (which is called Christ) : 
when he is come, he will declare unto us all things. Jesus 
saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. 

And upon this came his disciples; and they marvelled 
that he was speaking with a woman; yet no man said, 
What seekest thou? Or, Why speakest thou with her ? So 
the woman left her water pot and went away into the city, 
and saith to the men. Come, see a man, which told me all 
things that ever I did: can this be the Christ? They went 
out of the city, and were coming to him. In the mean- 
while the disciples prayed him, saying, Rabbi, Eat. But 
he said to them, I have meat to eat that ye know not. The 
disciples therefore said one to another. Hath any man 
brought him aught to eat? Jesus saith unto them. My 
meat is to do the will of him that sent me and to accom- 
plish his work. Say not ye, There are yet four months and 
then cometh the harvest? Behold, I say unto you. Lift up 
your eyes and look on the field, that they are white already 
unto harvest. He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gather- 
eth fruit unto life eternal ; that he that soweth and he that 
reapeth may rejoice together. For herein is the saying 
true. One soweth and another reapeth. I sent you to reap 
that whereon ye have not labored : others have labored and 
ye are entered into their labor. 

And from that city many of the Samaritans believed 
on him because of the word of the woman, who testified. 
He told me all things that ever I did. So when the Sa- 
maritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with 
them: and he abode there two days. And many more 
believed because of his word; and they said to the woman, 
Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have 



54 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OP CHRIST. 

heard for ourselves and know that this is indeed the 
Savior of the world. 

And after the two days he went forth from thence into 
Galilee, For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath 
no honor in his own country. So when he came into Gali- 
lee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things 
that he did in Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went 
unto the feast. 



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PART FOUR 

OUR LORD'S GREAT MINISTRY IN GALILEE. 

Probably more than a year, in A. D. 27 and 28. 

1. He revisits Cana and Nazareth, then settles at Capernaum 
and recalls four disciples. 2. He makes a journey adout Galilee, 
teaching and healing on a large scale; afterwards performing 
various miracles at Capernaum, and calls Matthew. 3. While at- 
tending a feast at Jerusalem he heals on the Sahhath and afterwards 
does trie same in Galilee, in 'both cases awakening a desire to kill 
him. 4. Great crowds now attend his ministry in Galilee and he 
chooses the twelve disciples, giving them and the multitude the 
sermon on the mount. 5. Various miracles, which spread his fame 
over the land and then comes a message of inquiry from John ivhich 
occasions special discourses. 6. Again, he makes a journey about 
Galilee and meets with the blasphemous accusation of being in 
league with Satan, and meets with opposition of his mother and 
brethren. 7. Then comes the first great group of parables, after 
which he crosses the lake, heals the Gadarene demoniacs, and, re- 
turning to Galilee, revisits Nazareth. He makes the third journey 
about Galilee with the twelve sent in advance. Here his miracles 
excite the jealous fears of Herod Antipas. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

General Account of His Teaching in Galilee. 

Matt. 4:17. Mark 1:14, 15. Luke 4:14, 15. 

(And after John was delivered up, Jesus returned in 
the power of the spirit, and came into Galilee). From that 
time began Jesus to preach, and to say. Repent ye; for the 
kingdom of heaven is at hand. And a fame went out con- 
cerning him to all the region round about. And being glori- 
fied of all, he taught in their synagogues, saying, The time 



56 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent ye, 
and believe in the gospel. 



CHAPTER XXV. 

Jesus Heals at Cana the Son of a Nobleman of Capernaum. 

John 4:46-54. 

He came therefore again unto Cana of Galilee, where 
he made the water wine. And there was a certain noble- 
man, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard 
that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went 
unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and 
heal his son; for he was at the point of death. Jesus there- 
fore said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye 
will in no wise believe. The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, 
come down ere my child die. Jesus saith unto him, Go 
thy way; thy son liveth. The man believed the word that 
Jesus spake unto him, and he went his way. And as he 
was now going down, his servants met him, saying. That 
his son lived. So he inquired of them the hour when he 
began to amend. They said therefore unto him. Yesterday 
at the seventh hour the fever left him. So the father knew 
it was at that hour in which Jesus said unto him. Thy son 
liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house. This is 
again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of 
Judea into Galilee. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

Rejected at Nazareth, He makes Capernaum His Residence. 

Luke 4:16-31. Matt. 4:13-16. 

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought 
up: and he entered, as his custom was, into the synagogue 



THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 57 

on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. And there was 
delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And 
he opened the book, and found the place where it was 
written: 

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. 

Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the 

poor: 
He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives. 
And recovering of sight to the blind, 
To set at liberty them that are bruised, 
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. 

And he closed the book, and gave it back to the attend- 
ant, and sat down: and the eyes of all in the synagogue 
were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, 
Today hath this scripture been fulfilled in your ears. And 
all bear him witness, and wondered at the words of grace 
which proceeded out of his mouth: and they said, Is not 
this Joseph's son? And he said unto them, Doubtless ye 
will say unto me this parable. Physician, heal thyself: 
whatsoever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here 
in thine own country. And he said, Verily, I say unto 
you. No prophet is acceptable in his own country. But of 
a truth I say unto you, there were many widows in Israel 
in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for 
three years and six months, when there came a great fam- 
ine over all the land; and unto none of them was Elijah 
sent, but unto Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a 
woman that was a widow. And there were lepers in Israel 
in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was 
cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian. And they were 
all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these 
things ; and they rose up, and cast him forth out of the city, 
and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city 
was built, that they might throw him down headlong. 
But he passing through the midst of them, went his way. 
And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. 



5S THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

And leaving Xazareth, he came and dwelt in Caper- 
naum which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulon and 
Naphtali ; that it might be fulfilled which is spoken by 
Isaiah the prophet, saying: 
The land of Zebulon and the land of Naphtali 
Toward the sea beyond Jordan, 
Galilee of the Gentiles, 
The people which sat in darkness 
Saw a great light, 

And to them which sat in the region and shadow of death. 
To them did light spring up. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 

Jesus Calls Four Fishermen to Follow Him. 

By the Sea of Galilee, near Capernaum. 
Matt. 4:18-22. Mark 1:16-20. Luke 5:1-11. 

And passing, walking along by the Sea of Galilee, he 
saw two brethren, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, 
his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fish- 
ers. And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I 
will make you to become fishers of men. And they 
straightway left their nets and followed him. And going 
on from thence a little farther he saw two other brethren. 
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were 
also with their father in the boat mending their nets. And 
straightway he called them. And straightway they left 
their boat and their father Zebedee in the boat with the 
hired servants and went after him and followed him. Now 
it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him. and 
heard the word of God, that he was standing by the Lake 
of Gennesaret ; and he saw two boats standing by the lake ; 
but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing 
their nets. And he entered into one of the boats, which 



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was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the 
land. And he sat down and taught the multitude out 
of the boat. And when he had left speaking, he said unto 
Simon, Put out into the deep and let down your nets for 
a draught. And Simon said. Master, we toiled all night 
and took nothing; but at thy word I will let down the 
nets. And when they had done this, they inclosed a great 
multitude of fishes; and their nets were breaking; and they 
beckoned unto their partners in the other boat, that they 
should come and help them. And they came and filled 
both boats, so they were about to sink. But Simon Peter, 
when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying. Depart 
from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. For he was 
amazed and all that were with him, at the draught of fishes 
which they had taken; and so were also James and John, 
sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And 
Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou 
shalt catch men. And when they had brought their boats 
to land, they left all, and followed him. 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 

Jesus Heals a Demoniac in the Synagogue at Capernaum. 

Mark 1 :2i-28. Luke 4:31-37. 

And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. 
And they go into Capernaum; and straightway on- the Sab- 
bath day he entered into the synagogue and taught ; and 
he was teaching them on the Sabbath day, and they were 
astonished at his teaching; for his word was with au- 
thority. For he taught them as having authority and not 
as the scribes. And straightway there was in their syna- 
gogue a man with an unclean spirit, which had a spirit of 
an unclean devil; and he cried out with a loud voice, say- 
ing, Ah, What have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of 



60 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee 
who thou art, the Holy One of God. And Jesus re- 
buked him, saying. Hold thy peace, and come out of him. 
And when the devil had thrown him down in the midst, 
and the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud 
voice, he came out of him, having done him no hurt. And 
amazement came upon all and they were all amazed in so 
much that they questioned among themselves and they 
spake together, one with another, saying, what is this 
word? A new teaching! For Avith authority and power 
he commandeth even the unclean spirits and they obey 
him, and they come out. And there went forth a rumour 
concerning him into every place, and the report of him 
went out straightway everywhere into all the regions of 
Galilee round about. 



CHAPTER XXIX. 

He Heals Peter's Mother-in-Law and Many Others. 

Capernaum. 
Matt. 8:14-17. Mark 1 129-34. Luke 4:38-41. 

And he rose up from the synagogue, and straightway 
when they were come out of the synagogue, they came into 
the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 
Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and was 
holden of a great fever; and they besought him for her, 
and straightway they tell him of her. And when Jesns 
was come into Peters' house, he saw his wife's mother 
lying sick of a fever; and he came and stood over her, 
and rebuked the fever; and he touched her hand and took 
her by the hand and raised her up; and the fever left her; 
and immediately she rose up and ministered unto them. 

And at even, when even was come, and when the 
sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers dis- 



THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OP CHRIST. 61 

eases brought them unto him : and when the sun was set, 
they brought unto him all that Avas sick, and many pos- 
sessed of devils : and all the city was gathered together at 
the door. And he laid his hands on everyone of them 
and he cast out the spirits with the word and he healed 
all the many that were sick with divers diseases: that it 
might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet 
saying: 

Himself took our infirmities. 
And bare our diseases. 

And devils also came out of many, crying out, and 
saying, Thou art the Son of God. And he rebuked them, 
and he suffered the devils, not to speak because they knew 
him, that he was the Christ. 



CHAPTER XXX. 

He Journeys About Galilee y Preaching and Healing. 

Matt. 4:23-25. Mark 1 :35-39. Luke 4:42-44. 

And in the morning a great while before day, he rose 
up and went out and departed into a desert place, and there 
prayed. And when it was day, Simon and they that were 
with him, followed after him, and they found him, and say 
unto him. All are seeking thee. And the multitudes sought 
after him and came into a desert place unto him, and would 
have stayed him, that he should not go from them. But 
he said unto them, I must preach the good tidings of the 
kingdom of God to the other cities also, for therefore was 
I sent. And he saith unto them. Let us go elsewhere into 
the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for 
this end came I forth. For Jesus went about in all Galilee, 
and he went into their synagogues and was teaching and 
preaching the gospel of the kingdom, in all the synagogues 
throughout Galilee, and casting out devils and healing all 



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manner of disease, and all manner of sickness among the 
people. And the report of him went forth into all Syria; 
and they brought unto him all that were sick, holden with 
divers diseases, and torments, possessed with devils, and 
epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them. And there fol- 
lowed him great multitudes from Galilee, and Decapolis, 
and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond Jordan. 



CHAPTER XXXI. 

A Leper Healed and Much Excitement. 

Matt. 8:2-4. Mark 1:40-45. Luke 5:12-16. 

And it came to pass, while he was in one of the cities, 
behold, a leper, a man full of leprosy; came unto him, and 
when he saw Jesus, he kneeling down to him, fell on his 
face, and worshipped him, and besought him, saying. Lord, 
if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And being moved 
with compassion, he stretched forth his hand, and touched 
him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou made clean. And 
straightway the leprosy departed from him, and his lep- 
rosy was cleansed, and he was made clean. 

And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but 
go thy way, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift 
for thy cleansing according as Moses commanded for a 
testimony unto him. And he strictly charged him, and 
saith unto him. See thou say nothing to any man; but go 
thy way and show thyself to the priest and offer for thy 
cleansing the things which Moses commanded for a testi- 
mony unto them, and he straightway sent him out. But 
he went out, and began to publish it much, and to spread 
abroad the matter ; and so much the more went abroad the 
report concerning him: and great multitudes came together 
to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities in so much 
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he withdrew himself into the deserts, and prayed and was 
without in desert places : and they came to him from every 
quarter. 



CHAPTER XXXII. 

Thronged in Capernaum, He Heals a Paralytic that was 
borne of Four and Lowered Through the Roof. 

Matt. 9:2-8. Mark 2:1-12. Luke 5:17-26. 

And when he entered again into Capernaum, after 
some days, it was noised that he was in the house. And 
many were gathered together, so that there was no longer 
room for them, no, not even about the door; and he spake 
the word unto them. And it came to pass on one of these 
days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and 
doctors of the law sitting by which were come out of 
Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem; and the power of the 
Lord was with him to heal. 

And, behold, men come bringing unto him a man sick 
of the palsy, lying on a bed ; borne of four. And they 
brought the man that was palsied; and they sought to bring 
him in, and to lay him before Jesus. And when they could 
not come nigh unto him for the crowd, and not finding Yy 
what way they might bring him in, they went up to the 
housetop and uncovered the roof where he was : and when 
they had broken it up, they let down the bed whereon the 
sick of the palsy lay, through the tiles with his couch into 
the midst before Jesus. And Jesus seeing their faith, said 
unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer; thy sins 
are forgiven thee. And, behold, there were certain of the 
scribes and Pharisees sitting there who began to reason, 
and reasoning in their hearts, saith within themselves, Who 
is this that speaketh blasphemies? Why doth this man 
thus speak? He blasphemeth. Who can forgive sins, but 



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one, even God alone? But straightway Jesus, perceiving 
in his spirit that they so reasoned, within themselves, and 
knowing their thoughts answered and said unto them, Why 
reason ye these things in your hearts? AA'herefore think 
ye evil in your hearts? For whether is easier to say to 
the sick of the palsy. Thy sins are forgiven thee ; or to say, 
Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? But that ye may 
know that the Son of man hath poAver on earth to forgive 
sins, he saith unto him that was sick of the palsy, I say 
unto thee. Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thy house. 
And immediately, he rose up before them, and straight- 
way took up the bed, whereon he lay, and went forth be- 
fore them all; and departed to his house glorifying God. 
When the multitude saw it, they were afraid, and amaze- 
ment took hold on all of them; in so much that they were 
all amazed, and glorified God, which had given such power 
to men, and they were filled with fear, saying, A\'e never 
saw it on this fashion. A\^e have seen strange things today. 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 

The Call of Matthew, Who Makes Him a Great Feast. 

Capernaum. 
Matt. 9:9-13. Mark 2:13-17. Luke 5 :27-32. 

And after these things Jesus went forth again by the 
seaside; and all the multitude resorted unto him. and he 
taught them. And as he passed by from thence, he saw, 
and beheld a man named Levi, called ^Matthew, the son 
of Alphaeus, sitting at the place of toll, and he said unto 
him, Follov,' me. And he forsook all, and rose up and fol- 
lowed him. And Levi made him a great feast in his house : 
and there was a great multitude of publicans and many 
others that were sitting at meat with them. And it came 
to pass, when he was sitting at meat in his house, that 



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many publicans and sinners sat down with Jesus and his 
disciples; for there were many, and they followed him. 
And when the Pharisees and their scribes saw that he 
was eating with sinners and publicans, they murmured 
against his disciples, and said, Why do ye, and your mas- 
ter eat, and drink with publicans and sinners? But when 
Jesus heard it, he answered and said unto them. They that 
are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are 
sick. But, go, and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy 
and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous 
but sinners to repentance. 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 

Jesus Discourses on Fasting. 
Matt. 9:14-17. Mark 2:18-22. Luke 5 :33-39. 

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting: 
and then came to him the disciples of John saying unto 
him, Why do we, John's disciples and the disciples of 
the Pharisees, fast often and make supplication; but thy 
disciples fast not? But thine eat and drink. And Jesus 
said unto them, Can ye make the sons of the bride chamber 
fast while the bridegroom is with them? Can they mourn 
as long as the bridegroom is with them? As long as they 
have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. But 
the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken 
away from them, and then will they fast in those days. 

And he spake also a parable unto them, No man rend- 
eth a piece from a new garment and putteth it upon an 
old garment; else he will rend the new, and also the piece 
from the new will not agree with the old. And no man 
seweth a piece of undressed cloth upon an old garment; 
for that which should fill it up taketh from the garment, 
the new frorti the old, and a worse rent is made. Neither 



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do men put new wine into old wine skins. No man putteth 
new wine into old wine skins; else the wine will burst the 
skins, and the wine itself is spilled and the skins per- 
isheth. But new wine must be put into fresh wine skins. 
Then they both are preserved. And no man having drunk 
old wine desireth new; for he saith, The old is good. 



CHAPTER XXXV. 

Jesus Raiseth Jairus* Daughter and Heals a Woman Who 

Only Touched His Garment. 

Matt. 9:18-26. Mark 5:22-43. Luke 8:41-56. 

While he spake these things unto them, behold, there 
cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, a man by the 
name of Jairus, and he came and fell down at Jesus' feet 
and worshipped him, and besought him to come into his 
house; for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of 
age, and she lay a dying. And he falleth at his feet and 
beseecheth him much, saying. My little daughter is at the 
point of death; she is even now dead: but I pray thee that 
thou come and lay thy hands upon her, that she may be 
made whole, and she shall live. And Jesus arose and went 
with him, and followed him and so did his disciples. But 
as he went a great multitude followed him, and the mul- 
titudes thronged him. And behold, a woman who had 
an issue of blood twelve years, which had suffered many 
things of many physicians, and had spent all her living 
that she had upon physicians, and could not be healed of 
any, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse ; and 
having heard the things concerning Jesus, came in the crowd 
behind him, and touched the border of his garment ; for 
she said within herself, If I do but touch his garment, I 
shall be made whole. And immediately the issue of her 
blood staunched. And straightway the fountain of her 



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blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she 
was healed of her plague. And straightway Jesus, perceiv- 
ing in himself that the power proceeding from him had 
gone forth, turned him about in the crowd and said. Who 
is it that touched me? Who touched my garments? And 
when all denied; his disciples, Peter and they that were 
with him, said: Master, thou seest the multitude throng- 
ing thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? The multi- 
tudes press thee and crush thee. But Jesus said. Some one 
did touch me; for I perceived that power had gone forth 
from me. And when the woman saw that she was not 
hid, but knowing what had been done in her, she came 
fearing and trembling, and falling down before him, told 
him all the truth, and declared in the presence of all the 
people, for what cause she touched him, and how she was 
healed immediately. And he looked round about to see 
her that had done this thing. And he said unto her. Daugh- 
ter, be of good cheer, thy faith hath made thee whole of 
thy plague ; and the woman was made whole from that 
hour. 

While he yet spake there cometh one from the ruler 
of the synagogue's house, saying, Thy daughter is dead: 
trouble not the Master. Why trouble the Master any fur- 
ther? But Jesus hearing it, but not heeding the words 
spoken, answered the ruler of the synagogue, and saith 
unto him. Fear not; only believe, and she shall be made 
whole. And when Jesus came to the house, he suffered 
no man to follow with him to enter into the house, except 
Peter, and James, and John the brother of James, and 
the father of the maiden and her mother. And all were 
weeping, and bewailing her: but he said, Weep not; for 
she is not dead, but sleepeth. And Jesus came, and when 
he was entered in, into the ruler of the synagogue's house, 
and saw the flute players, and a crowd making a tumult, he 
said. Why make ye a tumult and weep? Give place; the 
damsel is not dead. The child sleepeth. And they laughed 



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him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. But he put 
them all forth, and when the crowd was put forth, he 
taketh the father of the child and her mother, and them 
that were with him, and entered in, and goeth in where the 
child was. And he took the child by the hand and he 
called, saying unto her, Talitha cumi ; which is being in- 
terpreted. Damsel, I say unto thee. Arise. And her spirit 
returned, and immediately the damsel rose up and walked 
straightway, for she was twelve years old. And he com- 
manded that something be given her to eat. And they 
were amazed straightway with a great amazement, and her 
parents were amazed. And that no one should know this, 
he charged them much to tell no man what had been done. 
But the fame thereof went forth into all the land. 



CHAPTER XXXVI. 

He Heals Two Blind Men and a Dumb Demoniac. 

Matt. 9:27-34. 

As Jesus passed by from thence, two blind men fol- 
lowed him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy on us, thou 
son of David. And when he was come into the house, 
the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them. Be- 
lieve ye that I am able to do this? They say unto him, 
Yea, Lord. Then touched he their eyes, saying, Accord- 
ing to your faith' be it done unto you. And their eyes 
were opened. And Jesus strictly charged them, saying. 
See that no man know it. But they went forth and spread 
abroad his fame in all that land. 

And as they went forth, behold there was brought to 
him a dumb man possessed of a devil. And when the devil 
was cast out the dumb man spake : and the multitudes mar- 
veled, saying. It was never so seen in Israel. But the 
Pharisees said. By the prince of the devils casteth he out 
devils. 



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CHAPTER XXXVII. 

He Attends a feast in Jerusalem, Probably the Passover. 

Jesus Heals a Man on the Sabbath and Defends This 

Action. 
John 5:1-47. 

After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and 
Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 

Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, 
which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. 
In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, 
withered. And a certain man was there, which had been 
thirty and eight years in his infirmity. When Jesus saw 
him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in 
that case, he saith unto him, Wouldst thou be made whole? 
The sick man answered him. Sir, I have no man, when the 
water is troubled, to put me into the pool; but while I am 
coming, another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith 
unto him, Arise, take up thy bed and walk. And straight- 
way the man was made whole, and took up his bed and 
walked. 

Now it was the Sabbath on that day. So the Jews 
said unto him that was cured, It is the Sabbath, and it is 
not lawful for thee to take up thy bed. But he answered 
them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me. Take 
up thy bed, and walk. They asked him. Who is the man 
that said unto thee. Take up thy bed and walk? But he 
that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had con- 
veyed himself away, a multitude being in the place. After- 
ward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him. 
Behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse 
thing befall thee. The man went away, and told the Jews 
that it was Jesus which had made him whole. And for this 
cause did the Jews persecute Jesus because he did these 



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things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, My 
Father worketh even until now, and I work. For this cause 
therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him because he 
not only brake the Sabbath, but also called God his own 
Father, making himself equal with God. 

Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, 
verily, I say unto you. The Son can do nothing of him- 
self, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things 
soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner. 
For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things 
that himself doeth; and greater works than these will he 
shew him, that ye may marvel. For as the Father raiseth 
the dead and quickeneth them, even so the Son also quick- 
eneth whom he will. For neither doth the Father judge 
any man, but he hath given all judgment to the Son; that 
all may honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He 
that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father which 
sent him. Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that heareth 
my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, 
and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of 
death into life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour 
cometh and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of 
the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. For as the 
Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son 
also to have life in himself ; and he gave him authority 
to execute judgment because he was the Son of Man. Mar- 
vel not at this : for the hour cometh, in which all that 
are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; 
they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; 
and they that have done ill, unto the resurrection of judg- 
ment. 

I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and 
my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own 
will, but the will of him that sent me. li I bear witness 
of myself, my witness is not true. It is another that bear- 
eth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he 



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witnesseth of me is true. Ye have sent unto John, and 
he hath borne witness unto the truth. But the witness 
which I received is not from me, howbeit I say these 
things, that ye may be saved. He was the lamp that burn- 
eth and shineth : and ye were willing to rejoice for a sea- 
son in his light. But the witness which I have is greater 
than that of John: for the works which the Father hath 
given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear 
witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. And the 
Father which sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye 
have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. 
And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he 
sent, him ye believe not. Ye search the scriptures, be- 
cause ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these 
are they which bear witness of me; and ye will not come 
to me that ye may have life. I receive not glory from men. 
But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in your- 
selves. I am come in my Father'-s name, and ye received 
me not; if another shall come in his own name, him will 
ye receive. How can ye believe if ye receive glory one 
of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God 
ye seek not? Think not that I will accuse you to the 
Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, on 
whom ye have set your hope. For if ye believed Moses, 
ye would believe me, for he wrote of me. But if ye be- 
lieve not his writings, how shall ye believe my word? 



CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

The Disciples Pluck Ears of Grain on the Sabbath and He 

Defends Them. 

Matt. 12:1-8. Mark 2:23-28. Luke 6:1-5. 

Now it came to pass, at that season, Jesus was going 
on a Sabbath day through the corn fields; and his disciples 



72 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

were an hungered, and began, as they went, to pluck the 
ears of corn and to eat. And his disciples did eat, rubbing 
the ears of corn in their hands. But when the Pharisees 
saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples, they do 
that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath. Why do 
ye that which is unlawful to do on the Sabbath day? And 
Jesus answering them said unto them. Have ye never read 
what David did, when he was an hungered, and they that 
were with him? Did ye never read this, How he and they 
that were with him entered into the house of God when 
Abiathar was high priest, and he did take and eat the 
shew bread, and give also to them that were with him: and 
which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that 
were with him; and which is not lawful to eat save for the 
priest only? Or, have ye not read in the law, how that 
on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the 
Sabbath and are guiltless? But I say unto you that one 
greater than the temple is here. But if ye had known 
what this meaneth, I desire mercy and not sacrifice, ye 
would not have condemned the guiltless. And he said 
unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man 
for the Sabbath. For the Son of man is lord even of the 
Sabbath. 



CHAPTER XXXIX. 

Jesus Heals a Withered Hand on the Sabbath and 

Defends It. 

Matt. 12:9-14. Mark 3:1-6. Luke 6:6-11. 

And he departed thence, and it came to pass on an- 
other Sabbath, that he entered again into their synagogues 
and taught; and behold there was a man there which had 
a withered hand, and his right hand was withered. And 
the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, whether he 



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would heal him on the Sabbath day; that they might find 
how they might accuse him. And they asked him, saying, 
Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day? And he saith unto 
them, What man shall there be of you, that shall have one 
sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, will he 
not lay hold on it and lift it out? How much then is a 
man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do 
good on the Sabbath day. And Jesus said unto them, I ask 
you, Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good or to do 
harm? To save life or to kill, and to destroy life? But 
they held their peace. But he knew their thoughts; and 
when he had looked round about on them with anger, being 
grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he then said unto 
the man that had his hand withered. Stretch forth thy 
hand, and rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he 
did so; he stretched it forth; and his hand was restored 
whole as the other and he arose and stood forth. 

But the Pharisees were filled with madness ; and they 
went out, and communed one with another what they might 
do to Jesus. And they went straightway, and took coun- 
sel with the Herodians against him, how they might de- 
stroy him. 



CHAPTER XL. 

Great Multitudes Attend Him Beside the Sea of Galilee. 

Mat. 12:15-21. Mark 3:7-12. 

And Jesus perceiving it, withdrew, with his disciples 
from thence to the sea: and many from Galilee, a great 
multitude, followed him. And from Judea, and from Jeru- 
salem, and from Idumea, and beyond Jordan, and about 
Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what great 
things he did, came unto him. And he spake to his dis- 
ciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the 



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crowd, lest they should throng him, for he had healed 

many; in so much that many that had plagues pressed upon 

him that they might touch him. And he healed them all. 

And the unclean spirits, whensoever they beheld him, fell 

down before him and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of 

God. And he charged them much that they should not 

make him known: that it might be fulfilled which was 

spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: 

Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; 

My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased : 

I will put my spirit upon him. 

And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles. 

He shall not strive, nor cry aloud ; 

Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets. 

A bruised reed shall he not break, 

And smoking flax shall he not quench, 

Till he send forth judgment unto victory. 

And in his name shall the Gentiles hope. 



CHAPTER XLI. 

After a Night of Prayer Jesus Selects Twelve Apostles. 

Matt. 3:13-19. Luke 6:12-16. 

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out 
into the mountain to pray; and he goeth up into the moun- 
tain, and he continued all night in prayer to God. And 
when it was day, he called unto him his disciples, whom 
he himself would; and they went unto him. And he chose 
from them twelve whom he also named Apostles; and he 
appointed the twelve, that he might send them forth to 
preach, and to have authority to cast out devils. Now the 
names of the twelve Apostles are these : Simon, whom he 
also surnamed Peter, and Andrew, his brother, and James, 
the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James; and 



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them he surnamed Boanerges, which is, sons of thunder: 
and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, 
and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon, 
the Canaanite, which was called the zealot, and Judas, the 
son of James, and Judas Iscariot, which was the traitor, 
and which also betrayed him. 



CHAPTER XLII. 

The Sermon on the Mount. The Privileges and Require- 
ments of the Messianic Reign. 

Matthew, Chapters 5 to 7. Luke 6:17-49 and Luke 7:11-17. 

A level place on a mountain not far from Capernaum. 

Introductory Statements. 

Matt. 5:1, 2. Luke 6:17-19. 

And he came down with them, and stood on a level 
place, and a great multitude of his disciples, and a great 
number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and 
the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, 
and to be healed of their diseases; and they that were 
troubled with unclean spirits were healed. And all the 
multitude sought to touch him; for power came forth from 
him, and healed them all. And seeing the multitudes, he 
went up into the mountain: and when he sat down, his 
disciples came unto him: and he lifted up his eyes on 
his disciples, and he opened his mouth, and taught them, 
saying. 

Blessed are ye, the poor in spirit: for yours is the 
kingdom of heaven. 

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be com- 
forted. 

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 

Blessed are they that now hunger and thirst after 
righteousness: for they shall be filled. 



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Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called 
the children of God. 

Blessed are they that have been persecuted for right- 
eousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. 

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and reproach 
you, and separate you from their company, and persecute 
you, and cast out your name as evil, and say all manner 
of evil against you falsely for my sake, the sake of the 
Son of man. Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, and be 
exceeding glad : for behold, your reward is great in heaven : 
for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. 
And in the same manner did their fathers unto the prophets. 
But woe unto you that are rich! For ye have received 
your consolation. Woe unto you, ye that are full now ! 
For ye shall hunger. Woe unto you, ye that laugh now ! 
For ye shall mourn and weep. Woe unto you, when all 
men shall speak well of you! For in the same manner 
did their fathers to the false prophets. 

The influence and responsibility of the Messiah's subjects. 

Matt. 5:13-16. 

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its 
savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth 
good for nothing but to be cast out and trodden under foot 
of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a 
hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a lamp and put 
it under the bushel, but on the stand, and it shineth unto 
all that are in the house. Even so let your light shine 
before men, that they may see your good works, and 
glorify your father which is in heaven. 



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The relation of the Master's teaching to the Law, and to 

the current teaching. 
Matt. 5:17-48. Luke 6:27-36. 

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the proph- 
ets ; I came not to destroy but to fulfill. For verily I say 
unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one 
tittle shall in nowise pass away from the law till all things 
be accomplished. Whosoever therefore shall break one of 
these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be 
called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall 
do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom 
of heaven. For I say unto you, that except your right- 
eousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and 
Pharisees, ye shall in nowise enter into the kingdom of 
heaven. 

Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, 
Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in 
danger of the judgment: but I say unto you, That every 
one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of 
the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, 
Raca, shall be in danger of the council ; and whosoever 
shall say. Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire. 
If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and 
there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against 
thee, leave thy gift before the altar and go thy way, first 
be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy 
gift. Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art 
with him in the way; lest haply the adversary deliver thee 
to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and 
thou be cast into prison. Verily, I say unto thee, Thou 
shalt by no means come out thence; till thou hast paid the 
last farthing. 

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not com- 
mit adultery; but I say unto you, that everyone that look- 
eth on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery 
with her already in his heart. And if thy right eye cause 



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thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee; for it 
is profitable for thee, that one of thy members should 
perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. And if 
thy right hand causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast 
it from thee : for it is profitable for thee that one of thy 
members should perish, and not thy whole body go into 
hell. It was said also. Whosoever shall put away his wife, 
let him give her a writing of divorcement: but I say unto 
you, that everyone that putteth away his wife, saving for 
the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and 
whosoever shall marry her when she is put away commit- 
teth adultery. 

Again, ye have heard that it was said to them of old 
time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform 
unto the Lord thine oath : but I say unto you, swear not 
at all; neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God; 
nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor 
by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. Neither 
shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one 
hair white or black. But let your speech be. Yea, yea; 
and Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the 
evil one. 

Ye have heard that it was said. An eye for an eye; 
and a tooth for a tooth : but I say unto you, Resist not 
him that is evil ; but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right 
cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man would 
go to law with thee, and would take away thy cloke, let 
him have thy coat also. And whosoever shall compel thee 
to go one mile, go with him twain. Give to him that ask- 
eth thee, and from him that would borrow of thee, turn 
thou not away. 

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy 
neighbor, and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you which 
hear. Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, 
bless them that curse you, and pray for them which de- 
spitefully use you, and persecute you. To him that smiteth 



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thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and from him 
that taketh away thy cloke withhold not thy coat also. 
Give to everyone that asketh thee ; and of him that taketh 
away thy goods, ask them not again. For if ye love them 
that love you, what thank have ye? What reward have 
ye? Do not even the publicans the same? For even sin- 
ners love those that love them. And if you salute your 
brethren only, what do ye more than others? Do not even 
the Gentiles the same? And if ye do good to them that 
do good to you, what thank have you? For even sinners 
do the same. And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope 
to receive, what thank have ye? Even sinners lend to 
sinners, to receive again as much. But love your enemies, 
and do them good, and lend, never despairing; that ye 
may be sons of your Father which is in heaven: and your 
reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most 
High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil; for 
he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and 
sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Be ye merci- 
ful, even as your Father is merciful. Ye therefore shall 
be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. 

Good works must not be performed ostentatiously, for 
example, prayer, fasting, etc. 

Matt. 6:i-i8. 

Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before 
men to be seen of them: else ye have no reward of your 
Father which is in heaven. 

When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet 
before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in 
the streets that they may have glory of men. Verily, I say 
unto you, They have received their reward. But when thou 
doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right 
hand doeth, that thine alms may be in secret: and thy 
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And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites, 
for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in 
the corners of the streets that they may be seen of men. 
Verily, I say unto you. They have received their reward. 
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner cham- 
ber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father which 
is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall 
recompense thee. And in praying use not vain repetitions 
as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard 
for their much speaking. Be not therefore like unto them: 
for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, 
before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye. 
Our Father which art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name, 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done as in heaven so on 
earth. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us 
our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors. And bring 
us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. 
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
forever. Amen. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, 
your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if ye 
forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father 
forgive your trespasses. 

Moreover when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a 
sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces that they 
may be seen of men to fast. Verily, I say unto you, They 
have received their reward. But Thou when thou fastest 
anoint thy head and wash thy face, that thou be not seen 
of men to fast, but of thy Father which is in secret: and 
thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall recompense thee. 

Single HeartedS devotion to God as opposed to worldly 

aims and anxieties. 

Matt. 6:19-34. 

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, 
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break through and steal : but lay up for yourselves treas- 
ures in heaven, v^here neither moth nor rust doth consume, 
and w^here thieves do not break through nor steal : for 
w^here thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also. The 
lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be 
single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine 
eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If 
therefore, the light that is in thee be full of darkness, how 
great is the darkness ! No man can serve two masters : 
for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or 
else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye 
cannot serve God and Mammon. Therefore I say unto you, 
Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what 
ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put 
on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body 
than the raiment? Behold, the birds of the heaven, that 
they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; 
and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of 
much more value than they? And which of you by being 
anxious can add one cubit to his stature? And why are 
ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of 
the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they 
spin; yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory 
was not arrayed like one of these. But if God doth so 
clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow 
is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, 
O ye of little faith? Be not therefore anxious, saying, 
What shall we eat? or. What shall we drink? or, Where- 
withal shall we be clothed? For after all these things 
do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth 
that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first 
his kingdom, and his righteousness, and all these things 
shall be added unto you. Be not therefore anxious for the 
morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Suffi- 
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About judging others. 

Matt. 7:1-6. Luke 6:37-42. 

Judge not and ye shall not be judged. And condemn 
not, and ye shall not be condemned: for with what judg- 
ment ye judge, ye shall be judged: release and ye shall 
be released. Give, and it shall be given unto you; good 
measure, pressed down and shaken together, running over, 
shall they give into your bosom. For with what meas- 
ure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 

And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind 
guide the blind? Shall they not both fall into the pit? 
The disciple is not above his master; but every one when 
he is perfected shall be as his master. And why beholdest 
thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest 
not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how canst thou 
say to thy brother. Let me cast out the mote that is in 
thine eye: when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that 
is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the 
beam out of thine own eye, and then skalt thou see clearly 
to cast out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. 

Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast your 
pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them 
under their feet, and turn and rend you. 

Prayer, and the Golden Rule. 

Matt. y:'/-i2. Luke 6:31. 

Ask and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; 
knock, and it shall be opened unto you; for every one that 
seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be 
opened. For what man is there of you, who, if his son 
shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone; or if he 
shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent? If ye then 
being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your chil- 
dren, how much more then shall your Father which is in 



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heaven give good things to them which ask him? All 
things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do 
unto you, do ye also unto them likewise, even as ye would 
that men should do unto you; for this is the law and the 
prophets. 

The way oi Salvation hard to find and follow. 

Matt. 7:13-23. 

Enter ye in by the narrow gate : for wide is the gate, 
and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and 
many be they that enter in thereby. For narrow is the 
gate, and straightened the way, that leadeth unto life, and 
few be they that find it. 

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in 
sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. By 
their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of 
thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bring- 
eth forth good fruit ; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth 
evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, 
neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every 
tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and 
cast into the fire. Therefore by their fruits ye shall know 
them. Not everyone that sayeth unto me. Lord, Lord, shall 
enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will 
of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in 
that day. Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, 
and by thy name cast out devils, and by thy name do many 
mighty works? And then will I profess unto them, I 
never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 

Conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount; the two builders. 
Matt. 7:24-29. Luke 6:47-49. 

Everyone therefore that cometh unto me, and heareth 
my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is 
like: he shall be likened unto a wise man building a house, 



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who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon 
the rock, and who built his house upon the rock : and 
when the rain descended and the floods came, and a flood 
arose, the stream brake against that house and the winds 
blew, and beat upon it and could not shake it, and it fell 
not; because it had been well builded, for it was founded 
upon the rock. But everyone that heareth these words of 
mine and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish 
man which built his house upon the sand, the earth without 
a foundation; and the rain descended, and the winds blew, 
and smote upon that house ; against which the stream 
brake, and straightway it fell in; and it fell: and great was 
the fall thereof ; and the ruin of that house was great. 

And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these words, 
the multitudes were astonished at his teaching: for he 
taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. 



CHAPTER XLIII. 

Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant at Capernaum. 

Matt. 8:i, 5-13. Luke 7:1-10. 

After he had ended all of his sayings in the ears of 
the people, and when he was come down from the moun- 
tain, he entered into Capernaum and great multitudes fol- 
lowed him. And when he was entered into Capernaum, a 
certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was 
sick, and at the point of death. And when he heard con- 
cerning Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, ask- 
ing him that he would come, and save his servant. And 
they when they came to Jesus, besought him earnestly, 
saying. He is worthy that thou should do this for him: for 
he loveth our nation, and himself built us our synagogue. 
And Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from 
the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying, Lord, 



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trouble not thyself ; for I am not worthy that thou 
shouldest come under my roof. And there came the cen- 
turion unto him, beseeching him, and saying Lord, my 
servant lieth in the house, sick of the palsy, grievously 
tormented. And he saith unto him, I will come and heal 
him. And the centurion answered and said : Lord, I am 
not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof ; where- 
fore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee ; 
but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed. For 
I also am a man set under authority, having unto myself 
soldiers; and I say to this one. Go, and he goeth; and to 
another, to my servant. Do this, and he doeth it. And 
when Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and 
turned and said unto them, the multitudes that followed 
him. Verily I say unto you, that I have not found so great 
faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, that many 
shall come from the east, and from the west, and shall sit 
down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom 
of heaven : but the children of the kingdom shall be cast 
forth into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth. And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go 
thy way; as thou has believed, so be it unto thee. And 
the servant was healed in that hour. And they that were 
sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole. 



CHAPTER XLIV. 

He Raises a Widow's Son at Nain. 

Luke 7:11-17. 

And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went to 
a city called Nain; and his disciples went with him, and 
a great multitude. Now when he drew near to the gate 
of the city, behold, there was carried out one that was dead, 
the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and 



86 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord 
saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, 
Weep not. And he came nigh and touched the bier : and 
the bearers stood still. And he said. Young man, I say 
unto thee. Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began 
to speak. And he gave him to his mother. And fear took 
hold on all : and they glorified God, saying, A great 
prophet is risen among us: and, God hath visited his 
people. And this report went forth concerning him in 
the whole of Judea, and the region round about. 



CHAPTER XLV. 

A Message Comes from John the Baptist, and Jesus Dis- 
courses as to John and Various Other 
Matters Suggested. 

Galilee. 
Matt. 11:2-30. Luke 7:18-35. 

And the disciples of John told him all these things. 
And now when John heard in the prison the works of the 
Christ, he called unto him two of his disciples, and sent 
by them to the Lord, and said unto him saying. Art thou 
he that cometh, or look we for another? And when the 
men were come unto him, they said, John the Baptist hath 
sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look 
we for another? In that hour he cured many of diseases, 
and plagues, and evil spirits; and on many that were blind 
he bestowed sight. And Jesus answered and said unto 
them. Go your way and tell John the things which ye do 
hear and see; and tell him what things ye have seen and 
heard; the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, 
the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are 
raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached unto 



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them. And blessed is he, whosoever shall find none occa- 
sion of stumbling in me. 

And when the messengers of John departed, and as 
they went their way, Jesus began to say unto the multi- 
tudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilder- 
ness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? But what 
went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? 
Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and wear 
soft raiment, are in kings' houses, and in kings' courts. 
But wherefore went ye out? What went ye out to see? 
A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a 
prophet. For this is he of whom it is written. 
Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, 
Who shall prepare thy way before thee. 

Verily I say unto you, among them that are born of 
women there hath not arisen a greater than John the Bap- 
tist. There is none greater than John: yet he that is but 
little (even the least) in the kingdom of God is greater 
than he. And from the days of John the Baptist until 
now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and men 
of violence take it by force. For all the prophets and the 
law prophesied until John. And if ye are willing to 
receive it, this is Elijah, which is to come. He that hath 
ears to hear, let him hear. 

And all the people, when they heard it, even the pub- 
licans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of 
John. But the Pharisees rejected for themselves the 
counsel of God, being not baptized of him. 

But whereunto then shall I liken the men of this gen- 
eration, and to what are they like? They are like unto 
children that are sitting in the market places which call 
unto their fellows, and which say to one another. We 
piped unto you and ye did not dance ; we wailed, and ye 
did not weep, and mourn. For John the Baptist came 
neither eating nor drinking, for he came eating no bread 
nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a devil. The Son 



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of man is come eating, and drinking, and ye say, Behold 
a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans 
and sinners! And wisdom is justified of her works, of 
all her children. 

Then began he to upbraid the cities where most of his 
mighty works were done because they repented not. Woe 
unto thee, Chorazin ! Woe unto thee, Bathsaida! For if 
the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which 
were done in you, they would have repented long ago 
in sack cloth and ashes. Howbeit, I say unto you, It shall 
be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judg- 
ment than for you. And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be 
exalted unto heaven? Thou shalt go down unto Hades: 
for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which 
were done in thee, it would have remained until this day. 
Howbeit, I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for 
the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee. 

At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, 

Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide 
these things from the wise and understanding, and didst 
reveal them unto babes : yea. Father, for so it was well 
pleasing in thy sight. All things have been delivered unto 
me of my Father ; and no one knoweth the Son, save the 
Father : neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and 
he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him. Come unto 
me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give 
you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for 

1 am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto 
your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. 



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CHAPTER XLVI. 

The Woman That Was a Sinner Anointed the Savior's Feet. 

Galilee. 
Luke 7 :36-50. 

And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would 
eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee's house, 
and sat down to meat. And behold, a woman which was 
in the city, a sinner; and when she knew that he was sitting 
at meat in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster 
cruise of ointment, and standing behind at his feet, weep- 
ing, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wipe 
them with the hair of her head, and kiss his feet, and anoint 
them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee which 
had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, 
This man, if he were the prophet, would have perceived, 
who and what manner of woman this is which touched 
him, that she is a sinner. And Jesus answering said unto 
him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he 
saith. Master, say on. A certain lender had two debtors : 
the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. 
When they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them 
both. Which of them therefore will love him most? 
Simon answered and said. He, I suppose, to whom he for- 
gave the most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly 
judged. And turning to the woman, he said unto Simon, 
Seest thouthis woman? I entered into thine house. Thou 
gavest me no water for my feet : but she hath wetted my 
feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair. Thou 
gavest me no kiss: but she, since the time I came in, hath 
not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst 
not anoint, but she hath anointed my feet with ointment. 
Wherefore I say unto thee. Her sins, which are many, are 
forgiven: for she loved much; but to whom little is for- 
given, the same loveth little. And he said unto her, Thy 



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sins are forgiven. And they that sat at meat with him 
began to say within themselves, Who is this that even for- 
giveth sins? And he said unto the woman, Thy faith hath 
saved thee; go in peace. 



CHAPTER XLVII. 

Jesus' Further Journeying About Galilee. 
Luke 8:1-3. 

And it came to pass soon afterward, that he went 
about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing 
the good tidings of the kingdom of God, and with him the 
twelve and certain women which had been healed of evil 
spirits and infirmities, Mary that was called Magdalene, 
from whom seven devils had gone out, and Joanna the wife 
of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, 
which ministered unto them of their substance. 



CHAPTER XLVni. 

Jesus Is Blasphemously Accused of Being in League With 

Beelzebub. 

Galilee. 
Matt. 12:22-37. Mark 3:19-30. 

And he cometh into a house. And the multitude 
cometh together again, so that they could not so much as 
eat bread. And when his friends heard it. They went out 
to lay hold on him: for they said. He is beside himself. 

Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, 
blind and dumb: and he healed him, in so much that the 
dumb man spake and saw. And all the multitudes were 



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amazed, and said, Is this the son of David? But when the 
Pharisees heard it, they said. This man doth not cast out 
devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. And the 
scribes v^hich came down from Jerusalem said, He hath 
Beelzebub, and. By the prince of the devils casteth he out 
the devils. And knowing their thoughts he called them 
unto him, and said unto them in parables. How can Satan 
cast out Satan? And every kingdom that is divided 
against itself, is brought to desolation, and that kingdom 
cannot stand. And every city or house, if it be divided 
against itself, that city or house will not be able to stand : 
and if Satan casteth out Satan, he is risen up against him- 
self, he is divided against himself, and his kingdom cannot 
stand, but hath an end. And if I by Beelzebub cast out 
devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore 
shall they be your judges. But if I by the spirit of God 
cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God come upon 
you. Or how can one enter into the house of a strong man, 
and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? 
No one can enter into the house of the strong man, and 
spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man; and 
then he will spoil his house. He that is not with me is 
against me : and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth. 
Therefore, I say unto you, Every sin and blasphemy, shall 
be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit 
shall not be forgiven. Verily, I say unto you. All their 
sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men and their blas- 
phemies wherewithsoever they shall blaspheme; but who- 
soever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath 
never forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin: because 
they said. He hath an unclean spirit. And whosoever shall 
speak a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven 
him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit 
it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in 
that which is to come. Either make the tree good, and its 
fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; 



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for the tree is known by its fruit. Ye offspring of vipers, 
how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of 
the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh. The good 
man out of his own good treasure bringeth forth good 
things : and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth 
forth evil things. And I say unto you, that every idle word 
that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in 
the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be 
justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. 



CHAPTER XLIX. 

Scribes and Pharisees Demand a Sign. 

The same day in Galilee. 
Matt. 12:3845. 

Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered 
him, saying. Master, we would see a sign from thee. But 
he answered and said unto them. An evil and adulterous 
generation seeketh after a sign ; and there shall no sign 
be given to it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet: for as 
Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the 
whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three 
nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh 
shall stand up in the judgment with this generation and 
shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of 
Jonah; and behold a greater than Jonah is here. The 
Queen of the South shall rise up in the judgment with 
this generation and shall condemn it for she came from 
the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and 
behold a greater than Solomon is here. But the unclean 
spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through 
waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not. Then 
he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out. 
And when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept and gar- 



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nished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven 
other spirits, more evil than himself, and they enter in and 
dwell there ; and the last state of that man becometh worse 
than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil gen- 
eration. 



CHAPTER L. 

The Mother and Brethren of Christ, 

The same day, Galilee. 
Matt. 12:46-50. Mark 3:31-35. Luke 8:19-21. 

While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold 
there came to him his mother and his brethren, and they could 
not come at him for the crowd. And they stood without seek- 
ing to speak to him : and standing without they sent unto him, 
calling him. And one said unto him. Behold, thy mother 
and thy brethren stand without seeking thee. But he 
answered and said unto him that told him. Who is my 
mother? And who are my brethren? And a multitude 
was sitting about him, and they told him, saying unto him, 
Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without and 
seek thee, desiring to see thee. But he answered and said 
unto them, Who is my mother and my brethren? And 
looking round on them which sat round about him, he 
stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, 
Behold my mother and my brethren! My mother and my 
brethren are these which hear the word of God and do it. 
For whosoever shall do the will of God, my Father, the 
same is my brother and my sister and my mother. 



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CHAPTER LI. 

The First Great Group of Parables. 

•The same day beside the Sea of Galilee. 
Matt. 13:1-3. Mark 4:1, 2. Luke 8:4. 

On that day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by 
the seaside and again he began to teach. And when a 
great multitude came together, and they of every city re- 
sorted unto him ; and there were gathered unto him a very 
great multitude, so that he entered into a boat and sat in 
the sea, and all the multitude, stood on the beach, were 
by the sea on the land. And he spake to them many things 
in parables, and taught them, and said unto them in his 
teaching, Hearken : 

The Parable of the Sower. 

Matt. 13:3-23. Mark 4:3-25. Luke 8:5-18. 

Behold, the sower went forth to sow his seed; and it 
came to. pass, as he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside; 
and was trodden under foot, and the birds of heaven came, 
and devoured them. And others fell on the rock, in rocky 
places, where the ground was rocky, and they had not much 
earth ; and straightway they sprang up because they had no 
deepness of earth : and as soon as it grew, and when the sun 
was risen, they were scorched and withered away, because 
they had no root and no moisture. And others fell among 
thorns, and the thorns grew up with them and choked them, 
and they yielded no fruit. And some others fell among 
good ground, and grew, and yielded fruit, and increasing, 
brought forth some thirty, some sixty, and some a hun- 
dred-fold. And as he said these things, he cried, and said. 
He who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

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unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? And 
his disciples, they that were about him with the twelve, 
asked of him the parables, what this parable might be. 
And he answered and said unto them. Unto you it is given 
to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God; but to them 
it is not given; for unto the rest, to them that are without, 
all things are done in parables. For whosoever hath, to 
him shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but who- 
soever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that 
which he hath. Therefore, spake I unto them in parables; 
because that seeing, they may see, and may not per- 
ceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand. 
They hear not, neither do they understand ; lest haply they 
should turn again and it should be forgiven them. 

And unto them, is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, 
which saith : 

By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; 

And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive: 

For this people's heart is waxed gross. 

And their ears are dull of hearing, 

And their eyes they have closed ; 

Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, 

And hear with their ears. 

And understand with their hearts, 

And should turn again. 

And I should heal them. 

But blessed are your eyes, for they see ; and your ears, 

for they hear. For verily I say unto you, that many 

prophets and righteous men desired to see the things ye 

see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye 

hear, and heard them not. 

And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? 
And how shall ye know all the parables? Hear then ye 
the parable of the sower. Now the parable is this: The 
seed is the word of God. The sower soweth the word. 
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standeth it not, these are they by the wayside, where the 
word was sown ; and when they have heard, then straight- 
way Cometh Satan, the devil, and snatcheth and taketh the 
word which hath been sown in them away from their 
hearts, that they may not believe and be saved. This is 
that which was sown by the wayside. And these in like 
manner are they that are sown upon the rock, in rocky 
places. These are they that heareth the word, and when they 
have heard the word, straightway receiveth it with joy and 
yet these hath no root in themselves which a while believe 
and endure for a while, but when tribulation, or persecu- 
tion ariseth because of the word, straightway they stumble; 
and in time of temptation fall away. 

And others are they that are sown and fell among the 
thorns : these are they that have heard the word, and go 
on their way, and the cares of this life, of the world, and 
the deceitfulness of riches, and the pleasures of life, the 
lusts of other things enter in and choke the word, and it 
becometh unfruitful and bring no fruit to perfection. 

And those are they that are sown upon the good 
ground ; they are such as hear the word and understandeth 
it, and accept it in an honest and good heart ; and they 
hold it fast: who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth 
with patience, some bear thirty, some sixty, and some a 
hundred fold. 

How to Manifest Light. 

Mark 4:21-25. Luke 8:16-18. 

And he said unto them, Is the lamp brought to be put 
under a bushel, or under the bed, and not to be put on the 
stand? No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, covereth it 
with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed, but putteth it on 
a stand, that they which enter in may see the light. For 
there is nothing hid that shall not be made manifest; 
neither anything made secret, that shall not be known, and 
it shall come to light. If any man hath ears to hear, let 



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him hear. And he said unto them, Take heed therefore, 
how ye hear, and what ye hear : with what measure ye 
mete it shall be measured unto you: and more shall be 
given unto you. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given: 
and he that hath not, from him shall be taken away even 
that which he thinketh he hath. 

The Parable of the Seed Growing of Itself. 
Mark 4:26-29. 

And he said. So is the kingdom of God, as if a man 
should cast seed upon the earth; and should sleep and rise 
night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, 
he knoweth not how. The earth beareth fruit of herself: 
first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear. 
But when the fruit is ripe, straightway he putteth forth 
the sickle because the harvest is come. 

Parable of the Tares. 

Matt. 13:24-30. 

Another parable set he before them, saying, The king- 
dom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed 
in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came and 
sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away. But 
when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then 
appeared the tares also. And the servants of the house- 
holder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow 
good seed in thy field? Whence then hath it tares? And 
he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the 
servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and 
gather them up? But he sayeth. Nay; lest haply while 
ye gather up the tares ye root up the wheat with them. 
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time 
of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first 
the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but 
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Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Leaven. 

Matt. 13 :3i-35. Mark 4 130-34. 

Another parable set he before them, and he said, How 
shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or in what parable 
shall we set it forth? The kingdom of heaven is like unto 
a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in 
his field : which indeed is less than all the seeds that are 
upon the earth, but, yet when it is sown upon the earth 
and groweth up, when it is grown, it becometh greater 
than all the herbs, and becometh a tree, and putteth out 
great branches ; so that the birds of the heaven come, and 
can lodge under the shadow and in the branches thereof. 

Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of 
heaven is like unto leaven which a woman took and hid in 
three measures of meal until it was all leavened. 

All these things spake Jesus in parables, and with 
many such parables spake he the word unto the multitudes ; 
and without a parable spake he nothing unto them; that it 
might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, say- 
ing: 

I Avill open my mouth in parables ; 
I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the 

world. 
But privately to his disciples he expounded all things. 

Parable of Tares explained, and Similar Parable of the Net 
Added, Parables of the Hid Treasure and the Pearl 

of Great Price. 

Matt. 13:36-53- 

Then he left the multitudes and went into the house; 
and his disciples came unto him, saying. Explain unto us 
the parable of the tares of the field. And he answered and 
said. He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; and 
the field is the world ; and the good seed, these are the 



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sons Qf the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil 
one; and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the 
harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the 
angels. As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned 
with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world. The Son 
of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather 
out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling and 
them that do iniquity, and shall cast them into the fur- 
nace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the 
kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear. 

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hid in 
a field, which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he 
goeth and selleth all that he hath and buyeth that field. 

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that 
is a merchant, seeking goodly pearls : and having found 
one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had 
and bought it. 

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net that 
was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: which, 
when it was filled, they drew up on the beach; and they 
sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but the bad 
they cast away. So shall it be in the end of the world : the 
angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among 
the righteous and shall cast them into the furnace of fire : 
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

Have ye understood all these things? They say unto 
him. Yea, And he said unto them. Therefore every scribe 
who hath been made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven 
is like unto a man that is a householder, which bringeth 
forth out of his treasure things new and old. 

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these 
parables, he departed thence. 



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CHAPTER LII. 

In Crossing the Lake, Jesus Stills the Tempest. 

Same day, Sea of Galilee. 
Matt. 8:i8, 23-27. ]Mark 4:35-41. Luke 8:22-25. 

Now it came to pass on one of those days, that he 
entered into a boat and his disciples followed him. And 
when even was come, and when Jesus saw great multi- 
tudes about him, he gave commandment to depart, and 
he saith, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake; 
and leaving the multitude, they take him with them even 
as he was, in the boat; and they launched forth. And 
other boats were with him. But as they sailed he fell 
asleep. And behold, a storm of wind came down upon the 
lake, and there arose a great tempest in the sea, in so much 
that the boat was covered with the waves, in so much that 
the waves beat into the boat and the boat was filling with 
water, and they were in jeopardy. But he himself was in 
the stern asleep on a cushion : and they came to him, and 
awoke him, saying, blaster, Master, we perish. Carest 
thou not that we perish? Save, Lord; we perish. And 
he awoke, and he said unto them, Why are ye fearful, O 
ye of little faith. Then he arose and rebuked the winds, 
and the raging of the water; and said unto the sea, Peace, 
be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 
And he said unto them. Why are ye fearful? Have ye 
not yet faith? Where is your faith? And being afraid, 
they feared exceedingly, and the men marveled and said 
one to another, What manner of man is this that even the 
winds and the sea obey him? Who then is this that com- 
mandeth even the wind and the waters, and they obey 
him? 



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CHAPTER LIII, 

Beyond the Lake, He Heals Two Gadarene Demoniacs. 

Gerasa (Khersa). 
Matt. 8 :28-34. Mark 5 :i-20. Luke 8 :26-39. 

And they came to the other side of the sea, into the 
country of the Gadarenes, and they arrived at the country 
of the Gerasenes, which is over against Galilee. And v^hen 
he had come forth out of the boat, upon the land, straight- 
way, there met him, coming out of the tombs, two pos- 
sessed with devils, exceeding fierce, so that no man could 
pass by that way. And one of the men who came out of 
the tombs and met him, was a certain man out of the city, 
who had devils ; and for a long time he wore no clothes, 
and abode not in any house, but had his dwelling in the 
tombs. And no man could any more bind him, no, not 
with chains ; because that he had often been bound with 
fetters, and chains, and the chains had been rent asunder 
by him, and the fetters broken in pieces ; and no man had 
strength to chain him. Always night and day, in the tombs, 
and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting him- 
self with stones. And when he saw Jesus, Behold they 
cried out with a loud voice, saying, What have we to do 
with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? Art 
thou come hither to torment us before the time? I be- 
seech thee, I adjure thee, by God, torment me not. For he 
commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. 
He said. Come forth, thou unclean spirit. For oftentimes 
it had seized him: and he was kept under guard and bound 
with chains and fetters ; and breaking the bands asunder 
he was driven of the devil into the deserts. And Jesus 
asked him, What is thy name? And he said unto him, My 
name is Legion: for we are many. For many devils were 
entered into him. And they besought him much, and en- 



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treated him that he would not send them away out of the 
country, and he commanded them to depart into the Abyss. 
Now there was afar off from them on the mountain side a 
great herd of many swine feeding. And the devils be- 
sought him; saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into 
the herd of swine ; and they entreated him that he would 
give them leave to enter into them. And he gave them 
leave, and he said. Go. And the unclean spirits, the devils, 
came out from the man, and went and entered into the 
swine; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep 
into the sea, in number about two thousand ; and were 
choked in the sea, and perished in the water. And when 
they that fed them saw what had come to pass, they fled 
and went away into the city, and told in the city and in 
the country everything, and what was befallen to them 
that were possessed of devils. And they went out to see 
what had come to pass : and behold, all the city came out 
to meet Jesus; and they found the man that was possessed 
of devils, even he that had the legion: from whom the 
devils had gone out, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed 
and in his right mind, and they were afraid. And they 
that saw it declared unto them how it befell him, and con- 
cerning the swine. And told them how he that was pos- 
sessed with devils was made whole. And when they saw 
him, all the people of the country of the Gerasenes round 
about, asked him to depart from them for they were holden 
with great fear; and they besought him that he would de- 
part from their borders ; and he entered into a boat and 
returned. And as he was entering into the boat, the man 
that had been possessed with devils, from whom the devils 
were gone out, prayed him that he might be with him, but 
he suffered him not, but he sent him away, saying unto 
him, Go, return unto thy house, unto thy friends, and tell 
them how great things the Lord, God, hath done for thee, 
and how he had mercy on thee. And he went his way, and 
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out the whole city, how great things Jesus had done for 
him: and all men did marvel. 



CHAPTER LIV. 

Returning, He Visits Nazareth, and Is Again Rejected, 

Matt. 9:1. Matt. 13:54-58. Mark 5:21. Mark 6:1-6. 

Luke 8:40. 

And Jesus entered into a boat, and when he had 
crossed over again in the boat unto the other side, he came 
into his own city, and a great multitude was gathered unto 
him, and welcomed him; for they were all waiting for 
him, and he was by the sea. And he went out from thence ; 
and coming into his own country, his disciples followed 
him. And when the Sabbath was come, he began to teach 
in their synagogues, and he taught them in so much that 
they were astonished; and many hearing him were aston- 
ished, saying. Whence hath this man these things, this 
wisdom, and these mighty works? What is the wisdom 
that is given unto this man, and what means such mighty 
works wrought by his hands? Is not this the carpenter, 
the son of the carpenter, the son of Mary? Is not his 
mother called Mary, and his brethren, James, and Joseph, 
and Judas, and Simon? And are not his sisters all here 
with us? And they were offended in him. But Jesus 
saith unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in 
his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own 
house. And he did not many mighty works there because 
of their unbelief. And he could there do no mighty works, 
save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folks and healed 
them. And he marveled at their unbelief. 



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CHAPTER LV. 

Jesus Yet Again Journeys About Galilee and Now Sends 
the Twelve Before Him After Instructing Them. 

Matt. 9:35-38. Matt. 10:1-42. Matt. 11 :i. Mark 6:6-13. 

Luke 9:1-6. 

And Jesus went round about all the cities, and the vil- 
lages, teaching in their synagogues, and teaching the gos- 
pel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and 
all manner of sickness. But when he saw the multitude, 
he was moved with compassion, because they were dis- 
tressed and scattered as sheep not having a shepherd. Then 
saith he unto his disciples. The harvest truly is plenteous 
but the laborers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of 
the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest. 

And he called unto him his twelve disciples. And 
having called the twelve together, he began to send them 
forth by two and two ; and he gave them power and au- 
thority over the unclean spirits, all devils, to cast them 
out, and to heal all manner of disease, and all manner of 
sickness. And he sent them forth to preach the kingdom 
of God, and to heal the sick. Now the names of the twelve 
Apostles are these: The first, Simon, who was called 
Peter, and Andrew, his brother; and James, the son of 
Zebedee, and John, his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; 
Thomas, and Matthew, the publican; James, the son of 
Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus ; Simon, the Canaanite, and 
Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. These twelve Jesus 
sent forth, and charged them, saying. Go not into any way of 
the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans, 
but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And 
as ye go, preach, saying, The Kingdom of heaven is at 
hand. Heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely 
ye have received, freely give. And he said unto them. 



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Take nothing for your journey, save a staff only: Get 
you no gold, nor silver, nor brass, in your purses, no bread 
nor wallet for your journey, neither two coats, nor staves 
nor shoes, but go shod with sandals • for the laborer is worthy 
of his food. And into whatsoever city or village ye shall 
enter, search out who is worthy; and there abide, and what- 
soever house ye enter, there abide till ye go forth and 
thence depart. And as ye enter into the house salute it. 
And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: 
but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. And 
whatsoever place, and whosoever shall not receive you nor 
hear your words, as you go forth thence out of the house 
or city, shake off the dust from your feet, the dust that is 
under your feet, for a testimony against them. Verily, I 
say unto you. It shall be more tolerable for the land of 
Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that 
city. 

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of 
wolves : be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as 
doves. But beware of men: for they will deliver you up 
to the council, and in their synagogues they will scourge 
you; yea, and before governors and kings shall ye be 
brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the 
Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, be not anxious 
how or what ye shall speak : for it shall be given you in 
that hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, 
but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you. And 
brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father 
his child: and children shall rise up against parents and 
cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of 
all men for my name's sake : but he that endureth to the 
end, the same shall be saved. But when they persecute 
you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I say unto 
you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, 
till the Son of man be come. 

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his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his 
master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called 
the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall 
they call them of his household? Fear them not therefore: 
for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; 
and hid, that shall not be known. What I tell you in dark- 
ness, speak ye in the light: and what ye hear in the ear, 
proclaim upon the housetops. And be not afraid of them 
which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul ; but 
rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and 
body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? 
And not one of them shall fall on the ground without your 
Father: but the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 
Fear not, therefore ; ye are of more value than many spar- 
rows. Every one therefore who shall confess me before 
men, him will I confess before my Father which is in 
heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him 
will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. 
Think not that I am come to send peace on the earth : I 
came not to send peace but a sword. For I came to set a 
man at variance against his father, and a daughter against 
her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in- 
law: and a man's foes shall be they of his own household. 
He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not 
worthy of me ; and he that loveth son or daughter more 
than me is not worthy of me. And he that doth not take 
his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. He 
that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his 
life for my sake shall find it. 

He that receiveth you, receiveth me, and he that re- 
ceiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. He that receiveth 
a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's 
reward ; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name 
of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little 
ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, 
Verily, I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. 



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And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of 
commanding his twelve disciples he departed thence to 
teach and to preach in their cities. And they departed, and 
went throughout the villages, preaching the gospel, and 
healing everywhere; and they preached that men should 
repent. And they cast out many devils, and anointed' with 
oil many that were sick, and healed them. 



CHAPTER LVI. 

Herod Antipas Supposes Jesus to Be John the Baptist 
Risen, Whom He Had Beheaded. 

Matt. 14:1-12. Mark 6:14-29. Luke 9:7-9. 

At that season King Herod, the tetrarch, heard the re- 
port concerning Jesus, for his name, and all that was 
done had become known. And he was much perplexed, 
because it was said by some, that John was risen from 
the dead; and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by 
others that one of the old prophets was risen again. But 
Herod when he heard thereof, said, John I beheaded: but 
whom is this about whom I hear such things? And he 
sought to see him. And he said unto his servants, This is 
John the Baptist whom I beheaded, he is risen from the 
dead; and therefore do these powers work in him. 

For Herod himself had sent forth, and laid hold upon 
John and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake 
of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; for he had married 
her. For John said, unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee 
to have her who is thy brother's wife. And when he would 
have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because 
they counted him as a prophet. But Herodias set herself 
against him, and desired to kill him; and she could not; 
for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous 
man and holy, and kept him safe. And he heard him 



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gladly and when he heard him, he was much perplexed. 

But when Herod's birthday came, a convenient day 
was come; that Herod on his birthday made a supper to 
his lords and high captains, and the chief men of Galilee: 
the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced in 
the midst, and she pleased Herod, and them that sat at 
meat with him. Whereupon the king promised with an 
oath to give her whatsoever she would ask; and he said 
unto the damsel. Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I 
will give it to thee. And he sware unto her. Whatsoever 
thou shalt ask of me, I will give it to thee, unto the half of 
the kingdom. And she went out, and said to her mother, 
What shall I ask? And she said. The head of John the 
Baptist. And she came in straightway with haste unto 
the king, being put forward by her mother, and asked, 
saying, I will that thou forthwith give me here in a charger 
the head of John the Baptist. And the king was grieved, 
and was exceeding sorry: but for the sake of his oath, and 
them that sat at meat with him, he would not reject her; 
and he commanded it to be given. And straightway the 
king sent forth a soldier of his guard, and commanded to 
bring his head : and he went and beheaded John in prison, 
and brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the dam- 
sel, and the damsel brought it, and gave it to her mother. 
And when his disciples heard thereof, they came and took 
up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb, and buried him, and 
they went and told Jesus. 



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PART FIVE 

PART FIVE. 

SEASON OF RETIREMENT INTO DISTRICTS 
AROUND GALILEE, 

Six months beginning a year before the Crucifixion, and thus 
probably from Spring to Autumn, A. D. 28 or 29. 

Four separate withdrawals from Galilee are given, in Chapters 
Fifty-Seven, Sixty-One, Sixty-Two, Sixty-Three to Sixty-Seven. 

Notice that in every case he keeps out of Herod's territory, and 
in every case he goes to the mountains. 

CHAPTER LVII. 

The Twelve Return, and Jesus Retires With Them Beyond 
the Lake to Rest. Feeding of the Five Thousand. 

Matt. 14:13-21. Mark 6:30-44. Luke 9:10-17. John 6:1-14. 

Now when Jesus heard it he withdrew from thence in 
a boat, to a desert place apart. And the Apostles, when 
they were returned, gathered themselves unto Jesus, and 
they told him all things whatsoever they had done, and 
whatsoever they had taught. And he said unto them. Come 
ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest a while. 
For there were many coming and going and they had no 
leisure so much as to eat. Now he withdrew from thence 
and they went away in a boat to a desert place apart. 
After these things Jesus went away to the other side of 
the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias, and he 
took them and withdrew apart to a city called Bethsaida. 
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110 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

and ran there together, and when the multitude heard 
thereof, they followed him on foot from the cities and 
outwent them. And he came forth and saw the great mul- 
titude, he welcomed them, and had compassion on them, 
because they were as sheep having no shepherd, and he 
began to teach them many things. And he spake to them 
of the kingdom of God, and them that had need of heal- 
ing, he healed their sick. And a great multitude followed 
him, because they beheld the signs which he did on them 
that were sick. And Jesus went up into the mountain and 
there he sat with his disciples. And the day began to 
wear away, and was far spent, and when even was now come ; 
his twelve disciples came unto him, and said. The place is 
desert, the day is spent, and the time is already past; send 
the multitudes away that they may go into the country and 
villages round about and lodge and get victuals and buy 
for themselves some food to eat: for we are here in a 
desert place. 

Now the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. 
Jesus therefore lifted up his eyes, and seeing that a great 
multitude cometh unto him, saith unto Philip, AVhence 
are we to buy bread that these may eat? And this he said 
to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. 
Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread 
is not sufficient for them that everyone may take a little. 
But Jesus answered and said unto them. They have no need 
to go away ; give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, 
Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread 
and give them to eat? One of his disciples, Andrew, 
Simon Peter's brother, Saith unto him. There is a lad here, 
which hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what 
are these among so many? Jesus saith unto them. How 
many loaves have ye? Go and see. And they said. We 
have no more than five loaves and two fishes, except we 
should go and buy food for all these people. And when 
they knew, they said unto him, We have here five loaves, 



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and two fishes. Jesus said, Bring- them hither to me. And 
he commanded his disciples to make the multitude of peo- 
ple sit down upon the grass. Now there was much green 
grass in the place ; and he commanded that all should 
sit down by companies about fifty each. And they did 
so, and made them all sit down. So the men sat down, in 
number about five thousand. And Jesus therefore took 
the loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, 
he blessed them, and having given thanks, he brake the 
loaves, and gave to the disciples to set before the multi- 
tude, and the disciples distributed to them that were set 
down: and likewise the two fishes also he divided among 
them all as much as they would. And they did all eat and 
were filled. And when they were filled, he saith unto 
his disciples, Gather up the broken pieces which remain 
over that nothing be lost. And they gathered them up. 
And they took up that which remained over of the broken 
pieces from the five barley loaves, and the two fishes, 
twelve baskets full. And they that did eat were about 
five thousand men. When therefore the people saw the 
sign which he did, they said, This is of a truth the 
prophet which cometh into the world. 



CHAPTER LVIII. 

The Twelve Try to Row Back and Jesus Comes Walking 

on the Water. 

Matt. 14:22-36. Mark 6:45-56. John 6:15-21. 

And straightway he constrained his disciples to enter 
into the boat, and to go before him unto the other side to 
Bethsaida, while he himself should send the multitude 
away. And after Jesus had sent the multitude away, and 
he had taken leave of them, he perceived that they were 
about to come and take him by force, to make him king. 



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He therefore withdrew himself again, and departed, and 
went up into the mountain alone to pray. And when even 
was come, he was there alone. But his disciples went 
down into the sea; and they entered into a boat and were 
going over the sea to Capernaum. And it was now dark, 
and Jesus had not yet come to them, and the sea was 
rising by reason of a great wind that blew. The boat was 
now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves; for 
the wind was contrary. And Jesus was alone on the land. 
And seeing them distressed in rowing, about the fourth 
watch in the night, when therefore they had rowed about 
five and twenty or thirty furlongs, he came unto them 
walking upon the sea. And he would have passed by them, 
but the disciples when they saw him walking on the sea 
supposed that it was an apparition, and cried out: for they 
all saw him and were troubled. They said, It is a spirit: 
and they behold him walking on the sea, and drawing nigh 
unto the boat and they were afraid and cried out with 
fear. But Jesus straightway spake unto them and saith 
unto them. Be of good cheer; it is I ; be not afraid. And 
Peter answered him, and said. Lord, if it be thou, bid me 
come unto thee upon the waters. And he said. Come. And 
Peter went down from the boat and walked on the waters 
to come to Jesus. But when he saw the winds, he was 
afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, 
save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, 
and took hold of him, and saith unto him, O thou of litfle 
faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? They were willing 
therefore to receive him into the boat ; and he went up to 
them into the boat; and when they were gone up into the 
boat, the wind ceased. And they that were in the boat 
worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of 
God. And they were sore amazed in themselves; for they 
understood not concerning the loaves, but their heart was 
hardened. And straightway, the boat was at the land 
whither they were going. 



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And when they had crossed over, they came to the 
land of Gennesaret, and moored to the shore. And when 
they were come out of the boat, straightway the people 
knew him, and ran about that whole region, and began to 
carry about on their beds those that were sick, where they 
heard he was. And when the men of that place knew him, 
they sent unto all that region round about; and whereso- 
ever he entered, into villages, or into cities or into the 
country; they brought unto him all that were sick, and 
they laid the sick into market places, and besought him 
that they might touch if it were but the border of his gar- 
ment; and as many as touched him were made whole. 



CHAPTER LIX. 

He Discourses in the Crowded Synagogue at Capernaum, 

on Eating Spiritual Food, and on the Necessity of 

a Divine Teaching and Drawing in Order 

to True Discipleship. 

John 6:22-71. 

On the morrow the multitude which stood on the other 
side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, 
save one, and that Jesus entered not with his disciples into 
the boat, but that his disciples went away alone (howbeit 
there came boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where 
they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks) : 
When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus was not 
there, neither his disciples, they themselves got into the 
boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus And when 
they found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto 
him. Rabbi, when camest thou hither? Jesus answered 
them and said. Verily, verily, I say unto you. Ye seek me, 
not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves 
and were filled. Work not for the meat which perisheth, 



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but for the meat which abideth unto eternal life, which the 
Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even 
God, hath sealed. They said therefore unto him, What 
must we do that we may work the works of God? Jesus 
answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, 
that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. They said 
therefore unto him, What then doest thou for a sign, that 
we mav see, and believe thee? What workest thou? Our 
fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 
He gave them bread out of heaven to eat. Jesus therefore 
said unto them. Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not 
Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven : but my 
Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven. For the 
bread of God is that w^hich cometh down out of heaven 
and giveth life unto the world. They said therefore unto 
him. Lord, evermore give us this bread. Jesus saith unto 
them, I am the Bread of Life; he that cometh to me shall 
not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. 
But I said unto you, that ye have seen me, and yet believe 
not. All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto 
me ; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. 
For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, 
but the will of him that sent me. And this is the will of 
him that sent me that of all that which he hath given me 
I should lose nothing but should raise it up at the last day. 
For this is the will of my Father, that everyone that be- 
holdeth the Son and believeth on him, should have eternal 
life; and I will raise him up at the last day. 

The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, be- 
cause he said, I am the bread which came down out of 
heaven. And they said. Is not this Jesus, the Son of 
Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How doth 
he now say, I am come down out of heaven? Jesus an- 
swered and said unto them, Murmur not among your- 
selves. No man can come to me, except the Father which 
sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day. 



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It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught 
of God. Everyone that hath heard from the Father, And 
hath learned, cometh unto me. Not that any man hath seen 
the Father, save he v^hich is from God, he hath seen the 
Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth 
hath eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers 
did eat the manna in the v\^ilderness and they died. This 
is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a 
man may eat thereof and not die. I am the living bread 
which came down out of heaven : if any man eat of this 
bread, he shall live forever : yea, and the bread which 
I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world. 

The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, 
How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Jesus there- 
fore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, except 
ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye 
have not life in yourselves. He that eateth my flesh and 
drinketh my blood hath eternal life; and I will raise him 
up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my 
blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh and drink- 
eth my blood abideth in me and I in him. As the living 
Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he 
that eateth me, he also shall live because of me. This 
is the bread which came down out of heaven; not as the 
fathers did eat and died, he that eateth this bread shall 
live forever. These things said he in the synagogue as he 
taught in Capernaum. 

Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard this, 
said. This is a hard saying; who can hear it? But Jesus 
knowing himself that his disciples murmured at this, said 
unto them. Doth this cause you to stumble? What then 
if ye should behold the Son of man ascending where he 
was before? It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh 
profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you 
are spirit, and are life. But there are some of you that 
believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they 



116 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

were that believed not, and who it was that should betray 
him. And he said, For this cause have I said unto you, 
that no man can come unto me, except it be given unto him 
of the Father. 

Upon this many of the disciples went back, and walked 
no more with him. Jesus said therefore unto the twelve, 
Would ye also go away? Simon Peter answered him. Lord, 
to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life. 
And we have believed and know that thou art the holy 
one of God. Jesus answered them. Did not I choose you, 
the twelve, and one of you is a devil? Now he spake of 
Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for he it was that should 
betray him, being one of the twelve. 



CHAPTER LX. 

Emissaries From Jerusalem Reproach Jesus for Disre- 
garding Tradition. 

In Galilee, probably at Capernaum. 
Matt. 15:1-20. Mark 7:1-23. John 7:1. 

And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee : for 
he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to 
kill him. Then there are gathered unto Jesus the Phari- 
sees, and certain of the scribes, which had come from Je- 
rusalem, and had seen that some of his disciples ate their 
bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands. For the 
Pharisees and all the Jews except they wash their hands 
diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders : and 
when they come from the market place, except they wash 
themselves, they eat not. And many other things there 
be, which they have received to hold, washing of cups, and 
pots, and brazen vessels. And the Pharisees and the scribes 
asked him, saying. Why do thy disciples transgress, and 
walk not according to the tradition of the elders? For 



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they eat their bread with defiled hands, for they wash not 
their hands when they eat their bread. And he answered, 
and said unto them. Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah 
prophesy of you, saying, as it is written : 

This people honoreth me with their lips, 

But their heart is far from me. 

But in vain do they worship me. 

Teaching as their doctrine the precepts of men. 

Why do ye also transgress the commandments of God, 
because of your tradition? Ye leave the commandment of 
God, and hold fast the tradition of men. And he said unto 
them. Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, 
that ye may keep your tradition. For God said, by his 
servant Moses : Honor thy father, and thy mother ; and, 
he that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the 
death. But ye say„ If any man, whosoever, shall say to 
his father or his mother. That wherewith thou mightest 
been profited by me is Corban, that is to say. Given to 
God : he shall not honor his father or mother. Ye no 
longer suffer him to do aught for his father or mother. 
And ye have made void the word of God because of your 
tradition which ye have delivered; and many such like 
things ye do. And he called to him the multitude again, 
and said unto them. Hear me all of you, and understand ; 
there is nothing from without the man, that entereth into 
the mouth, going into him can defile him: but the things 
which proceed out of the mouth of man are those that 
defile the man. And when he was entered into the house 
from the multitude, his disciples came unto him and asked 
of him the parable. And his disciples said unto him, 
Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended when they 
heard this saying? But he answered, and said, Every plant 
which my heavenly Father planted not shall be rooted up. 
Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind 
guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit. And Peter said 
unto him. Declare unto us the parable. And Jesus said 



118 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

unto them, Are you even yet without understanding also? 
Perceive ye not, that v^hatsoever from v^ithout goeth into 
the mouth, and goeth into the man cannot defile him; be- 
cause it goeth not into his heart, but passeth into the belly 
and is cast out into the draught. This he said, making all 
meats clean. And he said, The things which proceed out 
of the heart of man, they defile the man. For from within, 
out of the heart of men come forth evil thoughts, mur- 
ders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings, 
covetings, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, 
pride, foolishness; all these evil things proceed from 
within, and these are the things that defile the man; but to 
eat with unwashed hands defileth not the man. 



CHAPTER LXI. 

Jesus Retires to the Region of Tyre and Sidon and Heals 
the Phoenician Woman's Daughter. 

Matt. 15:21-28. Mark 7:24-30. 

And Jesus arose, and went out from thence, and with- 
drew, and went away into the borders, parts, of Tyre and 
Sidon. And he entered into a house and would have no 
man know it : and he could not be hid. But behold, straight- 
way a Canaanitish woman whose little daughter had an 
unclean spirit, having heard of him, came out from those 
borders and fell down at his feet, and cried. Have mercy 
on me, O Lord, thou son of David, my daughter is griev- 
ously vexed with a devil. And she besought him that he 
would cast. forth the devil out of her daughter. But he an- 
answered her not a word. Now the woman was a Greek, a Sy- 
rophoenician by race. And his disciples came and besought 
him, saying. Send her away: for she crieth after us. But 
he answered, and said, I was not sent but to the lost sheep 
of the house of Israel. But she came and worshipped him. 



THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 119 

saying, Lord, help me. And he answered and said unto 
her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet 
to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs. But 
she answered and said unto him, Yea, Lord; but even the 
dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs which 
fall from their master's table. Then Jesus answered and 
said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith; be it done unto 
thee even as thou wilt. For this saying, go thy way; the 
devil is gone out of thy daughter. And she went away 
unto her house and found the child laid upon the bed and 
the devil gone out; and her daughter was healed from th^t 
hour. 



CHAPTER LXn. 

He Goes Farther North, and Then East and South Into 

Decapolis, He Heals Multitudes and Feeds the 

Four Thousand. 

Matt. 



t. 15:29-38. Mark 7:31 to 8:9. 



And again Jesus went out from the borders of Tyre 
and departed thence, and came through Sidon, through the 
midst of the borders of Decapolis, and came nigh unto 
Galilee : and he went up into the mountain, and sat there. 
And they bring unto him one that was deaf and had an 
impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to lay 
his hand upon him. And he took him aside from the 
multitude privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and 
he spat, and touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, 
he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be 
opened. And his ears were opened, and he spake plain. 
And he charged them that they should tell no man- but 
the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal 
they published it. And they were astonished, saying, He 
hath done all things well: he maketh even the deaf to hear 



120 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

and the dumb to speak. And there came unto him great 
multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, 
maimed, and many others, and they cast them down at his 
feet; and he healed them, in so much that the multitude 
wondered when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed 
whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing: and 
they glorified the Lord of Israel. 

In those days, when there was again a great multitude, 
and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called unto him his dis- 
ciples, and said unto them, I have compassion on the mul- 
titude, because they continue with me now three days, and 
have nothing to eat; and I would not send them away 
fasting, lest haply, if I send them away fasting to their 
homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them are 
come from far. And his disciples answered him, and say, 
whence shall we have so many loaves here in a desert pla:'% 
to be able to fill so great a multitude of men with bread? 
And Jesus asked them. How many loaves have ye? And 
they said. Seven, and a few small fishes. And he com- 
manded the multitude to sit down on the ground ; and he 
took the seven loaves and the fishes ; and he gave thanks, 
and he brake, and gave to his disciples, to set before them, 
and the disciples set them before the multitude. And 
they did all eat, and were filled. x\nd they took up that 
which remained over of the broken pieces, seven baskets 
full. And they that did eat were about four thousand men, 
beside women and children: and he sent them away. 



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CHAPTER LXIII. 

After Crossing to Galilee He Again Retires Into the 
Tetrarchy of Philip, A Blind Man Healed. 

Magadan and Bethsaida. 
Matt. 15:39 to 16:12. Mark 8:10-26. 

And he sent away the multitude and straightway he 
entered into the boat with his disciples, and came into the 
borders of Magadan, the parts of Dalmanutha. 

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came forth and be- 
gan to question him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, 
tempting him, asked him to shew them a sign from heaven. 
But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, 
ye say, It will be fair weather; for the heaven is red. And 
in the morning, It will be foul weather today: for the 
heaven is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the 
face of the heavens ; but ye cannot discern the signs of 
the times. And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said. 
An evil, and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign. 
Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily, I say 
unto you, there shall no sign be given unto this genera- 
tion, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and again 
entered into a boat, and departed to the other side. 

And the disciples came to the other side, and forgot 
to take bread; and they had not in the boat with them 
more than one loaf. And Jesus charged them, and said 
unto them, Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the 
Pharisees, and the Sadducees, and the leaven of Herod. 
And they reasoned among themselves, one with another, 
saying. We have taken no bread. And Jesus perceiving 
it, said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye 
among yourselves, because ye have no bread? Do you not 
yet perceive, neither understand? Have ye your hearts 
hardened? Having eyes, see ye not? And having ears, 
hear ye not? And do ye not remember? When I brake 



122 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

the five loaves among the five thousand, how^ many basket- 
fuls of broken pieces took ye up? They say unto him, 
Tw^elve. And v^hen the seven among four thousand, how- 
many basketfuls of broken pieces took ye up? And they 
say unto him, Seven. And he said unto them. Do ye not 
yet understand? Hov^ is it that ye do not perceive that I 
spake not to you concerning bread? But bew^are of the 
leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Then they un- 
derstand hov^ that he bade them not beware of the leaven 
of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sad- 
ducees. 

And they come unto Bethsaida. And they bring to 
him a blind man, beseeching him to touch him. And he 
took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him 
out of the village; and w^hen he had spit on his eyes, and 
laid his hands upon him, he asked him, Seest thou aught? 
And he looked up, and said, I see men; for I behold them 
as trees walking. Then again he laid his hands upon his 
eyes ; and he looked steadfastly, and was restored, and 
saw all things clearly. And he sent him away to his home, 
saying, Do not even enter into the village. 



CHAPTER LXIV. 

In the Neighborhood of Caesarea Philippi, the Twelve 
Avow (Through Peter) Their Belief That He Is 

the Messiah. 

Matt. 16:13-20. Mark 8:27-30. Luke 9:18-21. 

And Jesus went forth, and when he came into the vil- 
lages, into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he was praying 
alone, the disciples were with him: and he asked them, 
saying, Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am? And 
they answering him, said, Some say John the Baptist; but 
others say, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the old 



THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OP CHRIST. 123 

prophets is risen again. He asked them and saith unto 
them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter an- 
swered, and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Liv- 
ing God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed 
art thou, Simon-Barjonah; for flesh and blood hath not 
revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 
And I also say unto thee. That thou art Peter, and upon 
this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades 
shall not prevail against it. I will give unto thee the 
keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shall 
bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever 
thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. Then 
he charged his disciples and commanded them to tell this, 
of him, to no man, that he was the Christ. 



CHAPTER LXV. 

Jesus Distinctly Foretells That He Will Be Rejected and 
Killed and Will Rise the Third Day, 

Matt. 16:21-28. Mark 8:31-38. Mark 9:1. Luke 9:22-27. 

From that time Jesus began to show unto his disciples, 
and to teach them how that he, the Son of man, must go 
unto Jerusalem and suffer many things, and be rejected 
by the elders, and the chief priests, and scribes, and be 
killed, and after three days rise again, being raised up the 
third day. And he spake the saying openly. 

And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, 
Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall never be unto thee. 
But he turning about, and seeing his disciples, he rebuked 
Peter, and said unto him. Get thee behind me, Satan: thou 
art a stumbling block unto me : for thou mindest not the 
things of God, but the things of men. And he called unto 
him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them 
all, If any man would come after me, let him deny him- 



124 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

self, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For who- 
soever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever 
shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's shall save 
it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole 
world, and lose, or forfeit, his own life? Or what shall 
a man give in exchange for his life? For whosoever shall 
be ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and 
sinful generation, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, 
when he cometh in his own glory, and in the glory of his 
Father and of the holy angels. For the Son of man shall 
come in the glory of his Father with his angels ; and then 
shall he render unto every man according to his deeds. 
And he said unto them. Verily, I say unto you, I tell you 
of a truth, there be some of them that stand here which 
shall in no wise taste of death till they see the Son of man 
coming in his kingdom, and the kingdom of God come with 
power. 



CHAPTER LXVI. 

The Transfiguration and Discourse in Descending. 

On a mountain in the region of Caesarea Philippi. 
Matt. 17:1-13. Mark 9:2-13. Luke 9:28-36. 

And after six days, it came to pass about eight days 
after these sayings, Jesus taketh with him Peter, and 
James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into 
a high mountain apart by themselves, and went up into 
the mountain to pray. And as he was praying he was 
transfigured before them; the fashion of his countenance 
was altered, and his face did shine as the sun, and his gar- 
ments became white as the light, dazzling, and exceeding 
white ; so as no fuller on earth can whiten them. And 
behold, there appeared unto them, two men which were 
Moses and Elijah; who appeared in glory, and they were 



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talking with Jesus; and spake of his decease which he 
was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and 
they that were with him were heavy with sleep : but when 
they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two 
men that stood with him. And it came to pass, as they 
were parting from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Lord, it is 
good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: 
one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. If 
thou wilt, I will make here three tabernacles, one for thee, 
one for Moses, and one for Elijah. For he knew not what 
he said; for they became sore afraid. And while he was 
yet speaking these things, there came along a bright cloud 
which overshadowed them, and they feared as they en- 
tered into the cloud. And behold, there came a voice out 
of the cloud, saying. This is my beloved Son, my chosen, in 
whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. And when the 
voice came; and the disciples heard it, they fell on their 
face, and were sore afraid. And Jesus came and touched 
them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. And suddenly 
lifting up their eyes, and looking round about they saw 
no one any more save Jesus only, and they found Jesus 
alone with themselves. 

And as they were coming down from the mountain, 
Jesus commanded them, saying. Tell the vision to no man 
until the Son of man be risen from the dead. And he 
charged them that they should tell no man what things 
they had seen save when the Son of man should have risen 
from the dead. And they held their peace, and told no 
man in those days, any of the things which they had seen. 
And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves 
what the rising from the dead should mean. And his dis- 
ciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that 
Elijah must first come? And he answered and said unto 
them, Elijah indeed cometh first, and shall restore all 
things : but I say unto you, that Elijah is come already, and 
they knew him not, but they have also done unto him what- 
soever they listed, even as it is written of him. And even 



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SO shall the Son of man suffer many things of them, and 
be set at nought as it is written of him. Then understood 
the disciples that he spake unto them of John the Baptist. 



CHAPTER LXVII. 

The Demoniac Boy Whom the Disciples Could Not Heal. 

In the region of Caesarea Philippi. 
Matt. 17:14-20. Mark 9:14-29. Luke 9:37-43. 

And it came to pass, on the next day, when they came 
down from the mountain, they came unto the disciples ; 
and they saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes 
questioning them. And straightway all the multitude, 
when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to 
him saluted him. And he asked them, What question ye 
with them? And behold there came to him a man, one of 
the multitude, kneeling to him, answered him, and cried, 
saying. Master, I brought unto thee my son, which hath 
a dumb spirit; Master, I beseech thee to look upon my 
son: for he is epileptic, and suffereth grievously; for 
oftentimes he falleth into the fire, and oftentimes into the 
water; for wheresoever a spirit taketh him, he crieth out, 
and it dasheth him down ; and it teareth him, that he f oameth, 
and grindeth his teeth, and pineth away; and it hardly de- 
parteth from him, bruising him sorely. And I brought him 
to thy disciples, and besought them to cast it out, and they 
were not able, and they could not cure him. And Jesus 
answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, 
how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with 
you? Bring thy son hither to me. And they brought him, 
unto him : and as he was yet coming, and when he saw 
him, straightway the devils dasheth him down and tear 
him grievously, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, 
foaming. And he asked his father. How long time is it 



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since this hath come unto him? And he said from a child. 
And oftentimes it hath cast him both into the fire and into 
the water to destroy him: but if thou canst do anything, 
have compassion on us, and help us. And Jesus said unto 
him, If thou canst, all things are possible to him that be- 
lieveth. Straightway the father of the child cried out, 
and said, I believe, help thou mine unbelief. And when 
Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he re- 
buked the unclean spirit, saying unto him. Thou dumb and 
deaf spirit, come out of him, and enter no more into him. 
And having cried out, and torn him much, the devil went 
out from him: and the child became as one dead; in so 
much that the more part said, He is dead. But Jesus took 
him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose. And 
Jesus healed the boy, and gave him back to his father, and 
he was cured from that hour. And they were all aston- 
ished at the majesty of God. And when Jesus was come 
into the house, then his disciples came to him apart, and 
asked him privately, saying. Why could we not cast it out? 
And he said unto them. Because of your little faith. This 
kind can come out by nothing, save by prayer. For verily 
I say unto you. If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, 
ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder 
place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible 
unto you. 



CHAPTER LXVIII. 

Returning Privately Through Galilee, He Again Foretells 
His Death and Resurrection. 

Matt. 17:22, 23. Mark 9 :30-32. Luke 9:43-45. 

And they went forth from thence and passed through 
Galilee ; and he would not that any man should know it. 
But while they abode in Galilee and all were marveling 



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at all the things which he did, Jesus called his disciples 
and said unto them, Let these words sink into your ears: 
for the Son of man shall be delivered up into the hands 
of men. And they shall kill him, and when he is killed, 
after three days he shall rise again. The third day he 
shall be raised up. They were exceeding sorry; but they 
understood not the saying, and it was concealed from them, 
that they should not perceive it; and they were afraid to 
ask him about this saying. 



CHAPTER LXIX. 

Jesus the Messiah Pays the Half Shekel for the Temple. 

Capernaum. 
Matt. 17:24-27. 

And when they were come to Capernaum, they that 
received the half shekel came to Peter and said, Doth not 
your Master pay the half shekel, he saith, Yea. And when 
he came into the house, Jesus spake first to him, saying. 
What thinkest thou, Simon, the kings of the earth, from 
whom do they receive toll or tribute? From their sons or 
from strangers? And when he said, From strangers, Jesus 
said unto him. Therefore the sons are free. But lest we 
cause them to stumble, go thou to the sea and cast a hook, 
and take up the fish that first cometh up ; and when thou 
hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a shekel; that take 
and give unto them for me and thee. 



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CHAPTER LXX. 

The Twelve Contend as to Who Shall Be the Greatest 

Under the Messiah's Reign. His Subjects Must 

Be Childlike. 

Capernaum. 
Matt. 18:1-14. Mark 9:33-50. Luke 9:46-50. 

And they came to Capernaum. And there arose a rea- 
soning among the disciples, which of them should be 
greatest, saying. Who then is greatest in the kingdom of 
heaven? And in that hour the disciples came to Jesus. 
And when he was in the house he asked them, What were 
ye reasoning in the way? But they held their peace: for 
they had disputed one with another in the way who should 
be greatest. And he sat down and called the twelve; and 
he saith unto them. If any man will be first, he shall be 
last of all, and minister of all. But when Jesus saw the 
reasoning of their hearts, he called to him a little child and 
took, and set him in the midst of them; and taking him in 
his arms, he said unto them, Verily, I say unto you. Except 
you turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no 
wise enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever there- 
fore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is 
greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whosoever shall 
receive one such as this little child, in my name, receiveth 
me; and whosoever receiveth me, receiveth not me, but 
him that sent me : for he that is least among you all, the 
same is great. 

John answered and said unto him. Master, we saw one 
casting out devils in thy name; and we forbade him, be- 
cause he followed not with us. But Jesus said unto him. 
Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a 
mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak 
evil of me. For he that is not against us is for us. For 



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whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink, be- 
cause ye are Christ's, verily, I say unto you, he shall in 
no wise lose his reward. But whosoever shall cause one 
of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it were 
better for him if a great mill stone were hanged about his 
neck, and he were cast into the sea, and sunk in the depth 
of the sea. Woe unto the world because of occasions of 
stumbling! For it must needs be that the occasions come: 
but woe unto that man through whom the occasion cometh ! 
And if thy hand causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and 
cast it from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life 
maimed, rather than having two hands, to go into hell, 
into the unquenchable fire. And if thy foot cause thee 
to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life 
halt, rather than having two feet to be cast into hell, the 
eternal fire. And if thine eye cause thee to stumble, pluck 
it out and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter 
into life, in the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than 
having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire, where their 
worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched. For every- 
one shall be salted with fire. Salt is good: but if the salt 
have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it. Have 
salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another. See 
that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto 
you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face 
of my Father which is in heaven. How think ye? If any 
man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone 
astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto 
the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray? And if 
so be that he find it, verily, I say unto you. He rejoiceth 
over it more than over the ninety and nine which have 
not gone astray. Even so it is not the will of your Father 
which is in heaven that one of these little ones should 
perish. 



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CHAPTER LXXI. 

The Right Treatment of a Brother Who Has Sinned and 
the Duty of Patiently Forgiving a Brother. 

Matt. 18:15-35. 

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his 
fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou 
hast gained thy brother. But if he hear thee not, take with 
thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses 
or three, every word may be established. And if he refuse 
to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he refuse to 
hear the church also, let him be unto thee as the Gentile 
and the publican. Verily, I say unto you. What thingsoever 
ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and what 
thingsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 
Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on 
earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be 
done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where 
two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I 
in the midst of them. 

Then came Peter, and said to him, Lord, how oft shall 
my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Until seven 
times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee until 
seven times; but, until seventy times seven. Therefore is 
the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king which 
would make a reckoning with his servants. And when he 
had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him which 
owed him ten thousand talents. But for as much as he had 
not wherewith to pay his lord commanded him to be sold, 
and his wife, and his children, and all that he had and 
payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down and 
worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience wjth me, and 
I will pay thee all. And the lord of that servant, being 
moved with compassion, released him and forgave him the 
debt. But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow 



132 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

servants, which owed him a hundred pence : and he laid hold 
on him and took him by the throat, saying, Pay what thou 
owest. So his fellow servant fell down and besought him, say- 
ing. Have patience with me, and I will pay thee. And he would 
not: but went and cast him into prison till he should pay 
that which was due. So when his fellow servants saw what 
was done, they were exceeding sorry, and came and told 
unto their lord all that was done. Then his lord called 
him unto him, and saith unto him. Thou wicked servant, 
I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me : 
shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow serv- 
ant, even as I had mercy on thee? And his lord was worth 
and delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all 
that was due. So shall also my heavenly Father do unto 
you, if ye forgive not everyone his brother from your 
hearts. 

CHAPTER LXXII. 

The Messiah*s Followers Must Give Up Everything for 

His Service. 

Matt. 8:19-22. Luke 9:57-62. 

And as they went in the way, there came a certain man, 
a scribe, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee 
w^hithersoever thou goest. And Jesus said unto him, the 
foxes have holes, and the birds of the heavens have nests : 
but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. And 
another one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer 
me first to go bury my father, but Jesus said unto him, 
Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead ; but 
go thou, and publish abroad the kingdom of God. And 
another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first suffer 
me to bid farewell to them that are at my house. But Jesus 
said unto him. No man having put his hand to the plow^ 
and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. 



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CHAPTER LXXIII. 

The Unbelieving Brothers of Jesus Counsel Him to Ex- 
hibit Himself in Judea and He Rejects the Advice. 

John 7:2-9. 

Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, 
was at hand. His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart 
hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may be- 
hold thy works, which thou doest. For no man doeth any- 
thing in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. 
If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world. 
For even his brethren did not believe on him. Jesus there- 
fore saith unto him. My time is not yet come; but your 
time is always ready. The world cannot hate you; but 
me it hateth because I testify of it, that its works are 
evil. Go ye up unto the feast. I go not up yet unto this 
feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled. And having 
said these things unto them, he abode still in Galilee. 

CHAPTER LXXIV. 
Jesus Goes Privately to Jerusalem Through Samaria. 

Luke 9:51-56. John 7:10. 

And it came to pass, when the days were well nigh 
come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his 
face to go to Jerusalem, and sent messengers before his 
face, and they went, and entered into a village of the 
Samaritans, to make ready for him And they did not 
receive him, because his face was as though he were going 
to Jerusalem. And when James and John saw this, they 
said. Lord, wilt thou that we bid fire to come down from 
heaven and consume them? But he turned and rebuked 
them. And they went to another village. But when his 
brethren were gone up unto the feast, then went he also 
up, not publicly, but as it were in secret. 



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PART SIX 

HIS CLOSING MINISTRY, IN ALL PARTS OF THE 
HOLY LAND, SIX MONTHS PRECEDING THE 
CRUCIFIXION (NOT INCLUDING THE 
LAST WEEK). 

Time, probably Autumn A. D. 29 to the Spring of A, D. 30. 

This comprises Chapters Seventy-Five to One Hundred and 
Three, of which Chapters Seventy-Five to Seventy-Nine contain 
discourses at the Feast of Tabernacles given by John only. 



CHAPTER LXXV. 

At the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus Teaches in the Temple 

and People Wonder Whether He Is the Messiah. 

The Rulers Attempt to Arrest Him. 

John 7:11-52. 

The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said. 
Where is he? And there was much murmuring among the 
multitude concerning him. Some said, that, He is a good 
man; others said, Nay, but he leads the multitude astray. 
Yet no one spoke openly concerning him for fear of the 
Jews. 

But when it was nigh unto the midst of the feast Jesus 
went up into the temple, and taught. The Jews therefore 
marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having 
never learned? Jesus therefore answered them, and said, 
My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me. H any man 
willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, 
whether it be of God, or whether I speak from myself. He 



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that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he 
that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is 
true, and no unrighteousness is in him. Did not Moses 
give you the law, and yet none of you doeth the law? 
Why seek ye to kill me? The multitude answered, Thou 
hast a devil: who seeketh to kill thee? Jesus answered 
and said unto them, I did one work and ye all marveled. 
For this cause hath Moses given you circumcision (not 
that it is of Moses, but of the fathers) ; and on the sabbath 
ye circumcise a man. If a man receiveth circumcision 
on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, 
are ye wroth with me because I made a man every whit 
whole on the Sabbath? Judge not a man according to 
appearance, but judge righteous judgment. 

Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not 
this he whom they seek to kill? and lo, he speaketh openly, 
and they say nothing unto him. Can it be that the rulers 
indeed know that this is the Christ? Howbeit we know 
this man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no one 
knoweth whence he is. Jesus therefore cried in the temple, 
preaching and saying. Ye both know me, and know whence 
I am., and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is 
true, whom ye know not. I know him; because I am 
from him, and he sent me. They sought therefore to take 
him: and no man laid his hands on him, because his hour 
was not yet come. But of the multitude many believed 
on him; and they said. When the Christ shall come, will 
he do more signs than those which this man hath done? 
The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things 
concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees 
sent officers to take him. Jesus therefore said. Yet a 
little while I am with you and I go unto him that sent 
me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where 
I am, ye cannot come. The Jews therefore said among 
themselves. Whither will this man go that we shall not 
find him? Will he go unto the Dispersion among the 



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Greeks and teach the Greeks? What is this word that he 
said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where 
I am ye cannot come ? 

Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus 
stood and cried, saying. If any man thirst, let him come 
unto me and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scrip- 
ture hath said, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living 
water. But this spake he of the spirit which they that 
believed on him were to receive : for the spirit was not yet 
given; because Jesus was not yet glorified. Some of the 
multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said. 
This is of a truth the prophet. Others said, This is the 
Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of 
Galilee? Hath not the scripture said, that the Christ 
Cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the 
village where David was? So there arose a division in 
the multitude because of him. And some of them would 
have taken him; but no man laid hands on him. 

The officers therefore came to the chief priests and 
Pharisees : and they said unto them, Why did ye not 
bring him? The officers answered, Never man so spake. 
The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also led 
astray? Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the 
Pharisees? But this multitude which knoweth not the 
law are accursed. Nicodemus saith unto them (he that 
came to him before, being one of them), Doth our law 
judge a man except it first hear from himself and know 
what he doeth? They answered and said unto him. Art 
thou also of Galilee? Search, and see that out of Galilee 
ariseth no prophet. 



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CHAPTER LXXVI. 

Story of an Adulteress Brought to Jesus for Judgment. 

John 7:53. John 8:i-ii. 

And they went every man unto his own house : but 
Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. And early in the 
morning he came again into the temple, and all the people 
came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. And 
the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman taken in 
adultery; and having set her in the midst, they say unto 
him. Master, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in 
the very act. Now in the law Moses commanded us to 
stone such: what then sayest thou of her? And this they 
said, tempting him, that they might have whereof to 
accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger 
wrote on the ground. But when they continued asking 
him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them. He that is 
without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 
And again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on 
the ground, and they, when they heard it, went out one 
by one, beginning from the eldest, even unto the last : 
and Jesus was left alone, and the woman, where she was, 
in the midst. And Jesus lifted up himself, and said unto 
her. Woman, where are they? Did no man condemn thee? 
And she said. No man. Lord. And Jesus said. Neither do 
I condemn thee: go thy way; from henceforth sin no more. 



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CHAPTER LXXVII. 

Jesus Claims to Be the Son of God, and to Have Existed 
Before Abraham. The People Attempt to Stone Him. 

Jerusalem. 

John 8:12-56. 

Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am 
the light of the world : he that f olloweth me shall not walk 
in the darkness but shall have the light of life. The 
Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness 
of thyself; thy witness is not true. Jesus answered and 
said unto them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my 
witness is true; for I know whence I came, and wither 
I go ; but ye know not whence I came, or whither I go. Ye 
judge after the flesh; I judge no man. Yea, and if I judge, 
my judgment is true ; for I am not alone, but I and the 
Father that sent me. Yea and in your law it is written, 
that the witness of two men is true. I am he that beareth 
witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth 
witness of me. They said therefore unto him, Where is 
thy Father? Jesus answered. Ye know neither me nor 
my Father : if ye knew me, ye would have known my 
Father also. These words spake he in the treasury, as he 
taught in the temple: and no man took him; because his 
hour was not yet come. 

He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and 
ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, 
ye cannot come. The Jews therefore said. Will he kill 
himself, that he saith. Whither I go, ye cannot come? 
And he said unto them. Ye are from beneath ; I am from 
above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. I 
said therefore unto you. That ye shall die in your sins : 
for except ye believe that I am he, ye shall die in your 
sins. They said therefore unto him. Who art thou? Jesus 



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saith unto them, Even that which I have also spoken unto 
you from the beginning. I have many things to speak and 
to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; 
and the things v^hich I heard from him, these speak I 
unto the world. They perceived not that he spake to them 
of the Father. Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted 
up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and 
that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, 
I speak these things. And he that sent me is with me: 
he hath not left me alone ; for I do always the things that 
are pleasing to him. As he spake these things, many 
believed on him. 

Jesus therefore said to those Jews which had believed 
him. If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my dis- 
ciples; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall 
make you free. They answered unto him, We be Abra- 
ham's seed and have never yet been in bondage to any 
man: how sayest thou. Ye shall be made free? Jesus 
answered them. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Everyone 
that committeth sin is the bond servant of sin. And the 
bond servant abideth not in the house forever: the Son 
abideth forever. If therefore the Son shall make you 
free, ye shall be free indeed. I know that ye are Abra- 
ham's seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath 
not free course in you. I speak the things which I have 
seen with my Father; and ye also do the things which 
ye heard from your father. They answered and said unto 
him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them. If 
ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of 
Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath 
told you the truth, which I heard from God; this did not 
Abraham. Ye do the works of your father. They said 
unto him. We were not born of fornication; we have one 
father, even God. Jesus said unto them, If God were 
your father, ye would love me ; for I came forth and am 
come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he 
sent me. Why do ye not understand my speech? Even 



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because ye cannot hear my words. Ye are of your Father, 
the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. 
He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not in 
the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he 
speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own : for he is a liar, 
and the father thereof. But because I say the truth, ye 
believe me not. Which of you convicteth me of sin? If 
I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is 
of God heareth the words of God : for this cause ye hear 
them not, because ye are not of God. The Jews answered 
and said unto him. Say we not well that thou art a Samari- 
tan, and hast a devil? Jesus answered and said, I have 
not a devil, but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me. 
But I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh 
and judgeth. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep 
my word, he shall never see death. The Jews said unto 
him. Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is 
dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest. If a man keep 
my word, he shall never taste of death. Art thou greater 
than our father Abraham, which is dead, and the prophets 
are dead: whom makest thou thyself? Jesus answered, If 
I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father 
which glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God; 
and ye have not known him: but I know him; ard if I 
should say, I know him not, I should be like unto you, a 
liar: but I know him, and keep his word. Your father 
Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it and was 
glad. The Jews therefore said" unto him. Thou art not 
yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham^ Jesus 
said unto them. Verily, verily, I say unto you. Before 
Abraham was, I am. They took up stones therefore to cast 
at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple. 



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CHAPTER LXXVIII. 

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind. The Rulers Forbid His 

Being Recognized as the Messiah. 

Jerusalem. 

John 9:1-41. 

And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from his 
birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who 
did sin, this man or his parents, that he should be born 
blind? Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his 
parents ; but that the works of God should be made mani- 
fest in him. We must work the works of him that sent 
me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can 
work. When I am in the world, I am the light of the 
world. When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, 
and made clay of the spittle, and anointed his eyes with 
the clay, and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of 
Siloam (which is by interpretation, sent). He went away 
therefore, and washed, and came seeing. The neighbors 
therefore, and they which saw him aforetime, that he was 
a beggar said. Is not this he that sat and begged? Others 
said, It is he: others said. No, but he is like him. And he 
said, I am he. They said therefore unto him, How then 
were thine eyes opened? He answered, The man that is 
called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said 
unto me. Go to Siloam, and wash : so I went away and 
washed, and I received sight. And they said unto him. 
Where is he? He saith, I know not. 

They bring to the Pharisees him that aforetime was 
blind. Now it was the sabbath on the day that Jesus made 
the clay and opened his eyes. Again therefore the Phari- 
sees also asked him, how he received his sight. And he 
said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, 
and do see. Some therefore of the Pharisees said. This 
man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. 



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But others said, How can a man that is a sinneV do such 
signs? And there was a division among them. They 
say therefore unto the blind man again, What sayest thou 
of him, in that he opened thine eyes? And he said, He is 
a prophet. The Jews therefore did not believe concerning 
him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, 
until they called the parents of him that had received his 
sight, and asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say 
was born blind? How then doth he now see? His parents 
answered and said, We know that this is our son and that he 
was born blind : but how he now seeth, we know not ; or who 
opened his eyes we know not: ask him; he is of age; he 
shall speak for himself. These things said his parents, 
because they feared the Jews : for the Jews had agreed 
already, that if any man should confess him to be Christ, 
he should be put out of the synagogue. Therefore said 
his parents, He is of age; ask him. So they called the 
second time the man that was blind, and said unto him, 
Give glory to God : we know that this man is a sinner. 
He therefore answered, Whether he be a sinner, I know 
not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I 
see. They said therefore unto him, What did he to thee? 
How opened he thine eyes? He answered them, I told you 
even now, and ye did not hear; wherefore would ye hear 
it again? Would ye also become his disciples? And they 
reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciples, but we are 
Moses' disciples. We know that God hath spoken unto 
Moses : but as for this man, we know not whence he is. 
The man answered and said unto them, Why, herein is 
the marvel, that ye know not whence he is, and yet he 
opened mine eyes. AVe know that God heareth not sinners : 
but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, 
him he heareth. Since the world began it was never heard 
that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. H 
this man were not from God, he could do nothing. They 
answered and said unto him. Thou wast altogether born 



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in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. 
Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and finding 
him, he said, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He 
answered and said. And who is he. Lord, that I may believe 
on him? Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, 
and he it is that speaketh with thee. And he said. Lord, 
I believe. And he worshipped him. And Jesus said. For 
judgment came I into this world, that they that see not 
may see; and that they which see may become blind. Those 
of the Pharisees which were with him, heard these things, 
and said unto him, Are we also blind? Jesus said unto 
them. If ye were blind, ye would have no sin: but now ye 
say, We see : your sin remaineth. 



CHAPTER LXXIX. 

Jesus Intimates That He is Going to Die for His Flock, 
and Come to Life Again, 

Jerusalem. 

John io:i-2i. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by 
the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some 
other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that 
entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To 
him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: 
and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them 
out. And when he hath put forth all his own, he goeth 
before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his 
voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee 
from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. This 
parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not 
what things they were which he spake unto them. 

Jesus therefore said unto them again. Verily, verily, 
I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that came 



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before me are thieves and robbers : but the sheep did not 
hear them. I am the door; by me, if any man enter in, he 
shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find 
pasture. The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and 
kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may 
have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd : the good 
shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep. He that is a 
hireling and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, 
beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and 
fleeth and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth them: 
he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the 
sheep. I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, 
and mine own know me, even as the Father knoweth me, 
and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the 
sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold : 
them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and 
they shall become one flock, one shepherd. Therefore 
doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that 
I may take it again. No one taketh it from me, but I lay 
it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I 
have power to take it again. This commandment received 
I from my Father. 

There arose a division among the Jews because of 
these words. And many of them said. He hath a devil, 
and is mad; why hear ye him? Others said. These are 
not the sayings of one possessed with a devil. Can a devil 
open the eyes of the blind? 

CHAPTER LXXX. 

Mission of the Seventy and Their Return. 

Probably in Judea. 
Luke 10:1-24. 

Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy 
others, and sent them two and two before his face into 



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every city and place whither he himself was about to 
come. And he said unto them, The harvest is plenteous, 
but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the 
harvest that he send forth laborers into his harvest. Go 
your ways : behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst 
of wolves. Carry no purse, no wallet, no shoes ; and 
salute no man on the way. And into whatsoever house ye 
shall enter, first say. Peace be to this house. And if a 
son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him: but 
if not, it shall turn to you again. And in that same house 
remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for 
the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to 
house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive 
you, eat such things as are set before you : and heal the 
sick that are therein, and say unto them. The kingdom 
of God is come nigh unto you. But into whatsoever city 
ye shall enter, and they receive you not, go out into the 
streets thereof and say. Even the dust from your city, 
that cleaveth to our feet, we do wipe off against you : 
howbeit know this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh. 
I say unto you. It shall be more tolerable in that day for 
Sodom, than for that city. Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! 
Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had 
been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, 
they would have repented long ago, sitting in sack cloth 
and ashes. Howbeit, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre 
and Sidon in the judgment than for you. And thou, 
Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? Thou 
shalt be brought down to Hades. He that heareth you, 
heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and 
he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me. 

And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even 
the devils are subject unto us in thy name. And he said 
unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven. 
Behold I have given you authority to tread upon serpents 
and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and 



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nothing shall in any wise hurt you. Howbeit in this 
rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but 
rejoice that your names are written in heaven. 

In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and 
said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, 
that thou didst hide these things from the wise and under- 
standing, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea. Father; 
for so it was well pleasing in thy sight. All things have 
been delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth 
who the Son is, save the Father; and who the Father is, 
save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to 
reveal him. And turning to the disciples, he said pri- 
vately. Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye 
see : for I say unto you, that many prophets and kings 
desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not: 
and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not. 



CHAPTER LXXXI. 

Jesus Answers a Lawyer's Question as to Eternal Life, 
Giving the Parable of the Good Samaritan. 

Probably in Judea. 
Luke 10:25-37. 

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tempted 
him, saying. Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 
And he said unto him. What is written in the law? How 
readest thou? And he answered and said, Thou shalt love 
the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, 
and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind ; and thy 
neighbor as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast 
answered right: do this, and thou shalt live. But he, 
desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is 
my neighbor? Jesus made answer and said, A certain 
man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he 



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fell among robbers, which both stripped him, and beat 
him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance 
a certain priest was going down that way: and when he 
saw him, he passed by on the other side. And in like man- 
ner a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw 
him, passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, 
as he journeyed, came where he was : and when he saw him, 
he was moved with compassion and came to him, and bound 
up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine; and he set 
him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn,, and took 
care of him. And on the morrow he took out two pence 
and gave them to the host, and said. Take care of him; 
and whatsoever thou spendest more, I, when I come back 
again, will repay thee. Which of these three, thinkest 
thou, proved neighbor to him that fell among the robbers? 
And he said. He that showed mercy on him. And Jesus 
said unto him. Go, and do thou likewise. 



CHAPTER LXXXIL 

Jesus the Guest of Martha and Mary. 

Bethany, near Jerusalem. 

Luke 10:38-42. 

Now as they went on their way, he entered into a 
certain village: and a certain woman named Martha 
received him into her house. And she had a sister called 
Mary, which also sat at the Lord's feet, and heard his word. 
But Martha was cumbered about much serving; and she 
came up to him, and said. Lord, dost thou not care that 
my sister did leave me to serve alone? Bid her therefore 
that she help me. But the Lord answered and said unto 
her, Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about 
many things : but one thing is needful : for Mary hath 
chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away 
from her. 



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CHAPTER LXXXIII. 

Jesus Again Gives a Model of Prayer, and Encouraged 
His Disciples to Pray. 

Probably in Judea. 
Luke II :i-i3. 

And it came to pass, as he was praying in a certain 
place, that when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto 
him. Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his 
disciples. And he said unto them, When ye pray, pray. 
Our Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. 
Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. Give us day 
by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins ; for we 
ourselves also forgive everyone that is indebted to us. 
And bring us not into temptation. 

And he said unto them. Which of you shall have a 
friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say to him, 
Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine is come 
to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before 
him; and he from within shall answer and say. Trouble me 
not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me 
in bed: I cannot rise and give thee? I say unto you. 
Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his 
friend, yet because of his importunity he will arise and 
give him as many as he needeth. And I say unto you, Ask, 
and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, 
and it shall be opened unto you. For everyone that asketh 
receiveth; and he that seeketh f indeth ; and to him that 
knocketh it shall be opened. And of which of you that 
is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a 
stone? And a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent? 
Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion? 
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto 
your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father 
give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? 



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CHAPTER LXXXIV. 

Again He is Blasphemously Accused of Being in League 

with Beelzebub. 

Probably in Judea. 

Luke II : 14-36. 

And he was casting out a devil which was dumb. And 
it came to pass when the devil was gone out, the dumb 
man spake; and the multitude marvelled. But some of 
them said, By Beelzebub, the prince of devils, casteth he 
out devils. And others, tempting him, sought of him 
a sign from heaven. But he, knowing their thoughts, said 
unto them. Every kingdom divided against itself is 
brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house 
falleth. And if Satan also is divided against himself, 
how shall his kingdom stand? Because ye say that I 
cast out devils by Beelzebub. And if I by Beelzebub 
cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? 
Therefore shall they be your judges. But if I by the 
finger of God cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God 
come unto you. When the strong man fully armed, guard- 
eth his own court, his goods are in peace : but when a 
stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, 
he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted, 
and divideth his spoils. He that is not with me is against 
me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. The 
unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man, passeth 
through waterless places, seeking rest, and finding none, 
he saith, I will turn back unto my house whence I came 
out. And when he is come, he findeth it swept and gar- 
nished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other 
spirits more evil than himself ; and they enter in and 
dwell there ; and the last state of that man becometh 
worse than the first. 



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And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain 
woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said 
unto him, Blessed is the womb that bear thee, and the 
breasts which thou didst suck. But he said, Yea, rather, 
blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. 

And when the multitudes were gathered together 
unto him, he began to say. This generation is an evil 
generation : it seeketh after a sign ; and there shall no 
sign be given to it, but the sign of Jonah. For even as 
Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the 
Son of man be to this generation. The queen of the South 
shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this genera- 
tion, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends 
of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, 
a greater than Solomon is here. The men of Nineveh 
shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and 
shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of 
Jonah ; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here. 

No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a 
cellar, neither under the bushel, but on the stand, that they 
which enter in may see the light. The lamp of the body 
is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body 
also is full of light; but when it is evil thy body also is 
full of darkness. Look therefore whether the light that is 
in thee be not darkness. If therefore thy whole body be 
full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full 
of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give 
the light. 



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CHAPTER LXXXV. 

While Breakfasting with a Pharisee, Jesus Severely 

Denounces the Pharisees and Lawyers and 

Excites Their Enmity. 

Probably in Judea. 
Luke 11:37-54. 

Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with 
him: and he went in and sat down to meat. And when 
the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not washed 
before dinner. And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye 
Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; 
but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness. 
Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make 
the inside also? Howbeit give for alms those things which 
are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you. 

But woe unto you Pharisees ! For ye tithe mint and 
rue and every herb, and pass over judgment and the love 
of God : but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave 
the other undone. Woe unto you Pharisees! For ye love 
the chief seats in the synagogues and the salutations in 
the market places. Woe unto you ! For ye are as the 
tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over them 
know it not. 

And one of the lawyers, answering, saith unto him. 
Master, in saying this, thou reproachest us also. And 
he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! For ye lade men 
with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch 
not the burdens with one of your fingers. Woe unto you ! 
For ye build the tombs of the prophets and your fathers 
killed them. So ye are witnesses and consent unto the 
works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build 
their tombs. Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I 
will send unto them prophets and apostles; and some of 



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them they shall kill and persecute; and the blood of all 
the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the 
world may be required of this generation, from the blood 
of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between 
the altar and the sanctuary : yea, I say unto you, it shall 
be required of this generation. Woe unto you lawyers ! 
For ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in 
yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. 
And when he was come out from thence, the scribes 
and the Pharisees began to press upon him vehemently, 
and to provoke him to speak of many things ; laying wait 
for him, to catch something out of his mouth. 



CHAPTER LXXXVI. 

He Speaks to His Disciples and a Vast Throng About 

Hypocrisy, Worldly Anxieties, Watchfulness, and 

His Own Approaching Death. 

Probably in Judea. 
Luke 12:1-59. 

In the meantime, when the many thousands of the 
multitudes were gathered together in so much that they 
trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples 
first of all. Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, 
which is hypocrisy. But there is nothing covered up; that 
shall not be revealed: and hid, that shall not be known. 
Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall 
be heard in the light ; and what ye have spoken in the ear 
in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the house- 
tops. And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of 
them which kill the body, and after that have no more 
that they can do. But I will warn you whom ye shall 
fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to 



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cast into hell ; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. Are not five 
sparrows sold for two farthings? And not one of them is 
forgotten in the sight of God. But the very hairs of your 
head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value 
than many sparrows. And I say unto you, Everyone who 
shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man 
also confess before the angels of God: but him that denieth 
me in the presence of men shall be denied in the presence 
of the angels of God. And everyone who shall speak a 
word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: 
but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit, it 
shall not be forgiven. And when they bring you before 
the synagogues, and the rulers, and authorities, be not 
anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall 
say; for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that very hour 
what ye ought to say. 

And one out of the multitudes said unto him. Master, 
bid my brother divide the inheritance with me. But he 
said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider 
over you? And he said unto them. Take heed, and keep 
yourselves from all covetousness : for a man's life con- 
sisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possess- 
eth. And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The 
ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully : 
and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, 
because I have not where to bestow my fruits? And he 
said. This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build 
greater: and there will I bestow all my corn and my goods. 
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid 
up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. 
But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy 
soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast pre- 
pared, whose shall they be? So is he that layeth up 
treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. 

And he said unto his disciples. Therefore I say unto 
you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor 



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yet for your bodies, what ye shall put on: the life is more 
than the food and the body than the raiment. Consider 
the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap ; which have no 
store-chamber nor barns; and God feedeth them: of how 
much more value are ye than the birds! And which of 
you by being anxious can add a cubit unto his stature? 
If then ye are not able to do even that which is least, why 
are ye anxious concerning the rest? Consider the lilies, 
how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; yet 
I say unto you, Even Solomon in all his glory was not 
arrayed like one of these. But if God doth so clothe the 
grass in the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast 
into the oven; how much more shall he clothe you, O ye 
of little faith? And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and 
what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For 
all these things do the nations of the world seek after: 
but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. 
Howbeit seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be 
added unto you. Fear not, little flock; for it is your 
Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell 
that ye have and give alms ; make for yourselves purses 
which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth 
not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth. 
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 
Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burn- 
ing; and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their 
lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, 
when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open 
unto him. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord 
when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto 
you, That he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to 
meat, and shall come and serve them. And if he shall 
come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them 
so, blessed are those servants. But know this, that if the 
master of the house had known in what hour the thief was 
coming, he would have watched, and not left his house to 



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be broken through. Be ye also ready: for in an hour that 
ye think not the Son of man cometh. 

And Peter said, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto 
us, or even unto all? And the Lord said, Who then is the 
faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall set over 
his household, to give them their portion of food in due 
season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he 
cometh shall find so doing. Of a truth I say unto you, 
that he will set him over all that he hath. But if that ser- 
vant shall say in his heart. My lord delayeth his coming; 
and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maid- 
servants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; the lord 
of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, 
and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him 
asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful. And 
that servant, which knew his lord's will and made not 
ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with 
many stripes; but he that knew not, and did things worthy 
of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And to whom- 
soever much is given, of him shall much be required : and 
to whom they commit much of him will they ask the more. 

I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what will I 
if it is already kindled? But I have a baptism to be 
baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accom- 
plished ! Think ye that I am come to give peace on the 
earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: for there shall 
be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against 
two, and two against three. They shall be divided, father 
against son, and son against father ; mother against 
daughter, and daughter against mother; mother in law 
against her daughter in law and daughter in law against 
her mother in law. 

And he said to the multitudes also. When ye see a 
cloud rising in the west, Straightway ye say. There 
cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass. And when ye 
see a south wind blowing, ye say. There will be a scorch- 



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ing heat; and it cometh to pass. Ye hypocrites, ye know 
how to interpret the face of the earth and the heavens ; 
but how is it that ye know not how to interpret this time? 
And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? 
For as thou art going with thine adversary before the 
magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; 
lest haply he hale thee unto the judge, and the judge shall 
deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into 
prison. I say unto thee Thou shalt by no means come out 
thence, till thou have paid the very last mite. 



CHAPTER LXXXVII. 

All Must Repent or Perish; Parable of the Barren Fig 

Tree. 

Probably in Judea. 

Luke 13:1-9. 

Now there were some present at that very season 
which told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had 
mingled with their sacrifices. And he asked and said 
unto them. Think ye that these Galileans were sinners 
above all the Galileans, because they have suffered these 
things? I tell you, Xay : but, except ye repent, ye shall 
all in like manner perish. Or those eighteen, upon whom 
the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them. Think ye that 
they were offenders above all the men that dwell in 
Jerusalem? I tell you, Xay: but. except ye repent, ye 
shall all likewise perish. 

And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig 
tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit 
thereon, and found none. And he said unto the vine 
dresser. Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit 
on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it 
also cumber the ground? And he answering saith unto 



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him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about 
it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit thenceforth, well; but 
if not, thou shalt cut it down. 



CHAPTER LXXXVIII. 

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath^ and Defends Himself. Par- 
ables of the Mustard Seed and the Leaven. 

Probably in Judea. 
Luke 13:10-21. 

And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on 
the sabbath day. And behold a woman which had a spirit 
of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bowed together, 
and could in no wise lift herself up. And when Jesus saw 
her, he called her, and said to her, Woman, thou art loose 
from thine infirmity. And he laid his hands upon her: 
and immediately she was made straight, and glorified 
God. And the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with 
indignation because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, 
answered and said to the multitude. There are six days 
in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and 
be healed, and not on the day of the sabbath. But the 
Lord answered him, and said, Ye hypocrites, doth not each 
one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the 
stall and lead him away to water him? And ought not this 
woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had 
bound, lo these eighteen years, to have been loosed from 
this bond on the day of the sabbath? And as he said these 
things, all his adversaries were put to shame: and all the 
multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were 
done by him. 

He said therefore. Unto what is the kingdom of God 
like? And whereunto shall I liken it? It is like unto a 



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grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his 
own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds 
of heaven lodged in the branches thereof. And again he 
said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is 
like unto leaven, which a man took and hid in three 
measures of meal, till it was all leavened. 



CHAPTER LXXXIX. 

At the Feast of Dedication, Jesus Will Not Yet Openly 

Say That He Is the Messiah. They Try to Stone 

Him and He Retires to Perea. 

Jerusalem, and Bethany Beyond the Jordan. 
John 10:22-42. 

And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: 
it was winter ; and Jesus was walking in the temple in 
Solomon's porch. The Jews therefore came round about 
him, and said unto him, How long dost thou hold us in 
suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly. Jesus 
answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works 
that I do in my Father's name, these bear witness of me. 
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep. My 
sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow 
me : and I give unto them eternal life ; and they shall never 
perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. My 
Father, which hath given them unto me, is greater than 
all; and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's 
hand. I and the Father are one. The Jews took up stones 
again to stone him. Jesus answered them, Many good 
works have I showed you from the Father; for which 
of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, 
For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; 
and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 
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ye are gods? If he call them gods, unto whom the word 
of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken), say 
ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the 
world. Thou blasphemest ; because I said, I am the Son 
of God? If I do not the works of my Father, believe me 
not. But if I do them, though you believe not me, believe 
the works : that ye may know and understand that the 
Father is in me and I in the Father. They sought again 
to take him: and he went forth out of their hand. 

And he went away again beyond Jordan into the place 
where John was at the first baptizing; and there he abode. 
And many came unto him; and they said, John indeed 
did no sign: but all things whatsoever John spake of this 
man were true. And many believed on him there. 



CHAPTER XC. 

Teaching in Perea, on a Journey Toward Jerusalem. 
Warned Against Herod And pas. 

Luke 13:22-35. 

And he went on his way through cities and villages, 
teaching, and journeying on unto Jerusalem. And one 
said unto him, Lord, are they few that be saved? And 
he said unto them, Strive to enter in by the narrow door: 
for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in and shall 
not be able. When once the master of the house is risen 
up, and hath shut the door, and ye begin to stand without, 
and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us ; and 
he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence 
ye are; then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink 
in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets; and 
he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart 
from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be 
weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, 



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and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom 
of God, and yourselves cast forth without. And they shall 
come from the east and west, and from the north and 
south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And 
behold there are last which shall be first, and there are 
first which shall be last. 

In that very hour there came certain Pharisees, say- 
ing to him. Get thee out, and go hence. For Herod would 
fain kill thee. And he said unto them. Go and say to that 
fox. Behold, I cast out devils and perform cures today 
and tomorrow, and the third day I am perfected. How- 
beit I must go on my way today and tomorrow, and the 
day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out 
of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killeth the 
prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her ! How 
often would I have gathered thy children together, even 
as a hen gathereth her own brood under her wings, and 
ye would not! Behold your house is left unto you deso- 
late : and I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until ye 
shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the 
Lord. 



CHAPTER XCI. 

While Dining (Breakfasting) with a Chief Pharisee, He 

Again Heals on the Sabbath, and Defends Himself. 

Three Lessons Suggested by the Occasion. 

Probably in Perea. 
Luke 14:1-24. 

And it came to pass, when he went into the house of 
one of the rulers of the Pharisees, on a sabbath to eat bread, 
that they were watching him. And behold, there was 
before him a certain man which had the dropsy. And 
Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and the Phari- 



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sees, saying-, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not? 
But they held their peace. And he took him, and healed 
him, and let him go. And he said unto them, Which of 
you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and 
will not straightway draw him out on a sabbath day? 
And they could not answer again unto these things. 

And he spake a parable unto those which were bidden, 
when he marked how they chose out the chief seats ; say- 
ing unto them. When thou art bidden of any man to a 
marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat: lest haply 
a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him, and 
he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give 
this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to 
take the lowest place. But when thou are bidden, Go 
and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath 
bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee. Friend, go up 
higher: then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all 
that sit at meat with thee. For everyone that exalteth 
himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself 
shall be exalted. 

And he said to him also that had bidden him, When 
thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friend, nor 
thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest 
haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made 
thee. But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the 
maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; 
because they have not wherewith to recompense thee : for 
thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just. 

And when one of them that sat at meat with him 
heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that 
shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. But he said unto 
him, A certain man made a great supper; and bade many: 
and he sent forth his servant at supper time to say to them 
that were bidden, Come, for all things are now ready. 
And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The 
first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must 



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needs go out and see it: I pray thee have me excused. 
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and 
I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. And 
another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I can- 
not come. And the servant came and told his lord these 
things. Then the master of the house being angry said to 
his servant. Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of 
the city, and bring in hither the poor and maimed, and 
blind and lame. And the servant said. Lord, v^hat thou 
didst command is done, and yet there is room. And the lord 
said unto the servant. Go out into the highways and 
hedges, and constrain them to come in, that my house may 
be filled. For I say unto you, that none of those men 
which were bidden shall taste of my supper. 



CHAPTER XCII. 

Great Crowds Follow Him, and He Warns Them to Count 
the Cost of Discipleship. 

Probably in Perea. 
Luke 14:25-35. 

Now there went with him great multitudes : and he 
turned, and said unto them. If any man cometh unto me, 
and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and 
children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life 
also, he cannot be my disciple. Whosoever doth not bear 
his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first 
sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith 
to complete it. Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, 
and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock 
him, saying. This man began to build and was not able to 
finish.^ Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another 
king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel 



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whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that 
cometh against him with twenty thousand. Or else, while 
the other is a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and 
asketh conditions of peace. So therefore whosoever he 
be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot 
be my disciple. Salt therefore is good; but if even the 
salt have lost its savour, wherewithal shall it be seasoned? 
It is fit neither for the land, nor for the dunghill: men 
cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 



CHAPTER XCIII 

Five Great Parables — The Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, the 

Lost Son — The Unrighteous Steward — The Rich 

Man and Lazarus, Some Other Brief Lessons. 

Probably in Perea. 
Luke 15:1 to 17:10. 

Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near 
unto him for to hear him. And both the Pharisees and 
the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, 
and eateth with them. 

And he spake unto them this parable, saying. What 
man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one 
of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilder- 
ness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And 
when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoic- 
ing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his 
friends, and his neighbors, saying unto them. Rejoice with 
me, for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say 
unto you that even so there shall be joy in heaven over 
one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine 
righteous persons which need no repentance. 

Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose 
one piece, doth not light a lamp and sweep the house, 



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and seek diligently until she find it? And when she hath 
found it, she calleth together her friends and neighbors, 
saying, Rejoice with rne, for I have found the piece which 
I had lost. Even so, I say unto you, There is joy in the 
presence of the angels of God over one sinner that 
repenteth. 

And he said, A certain man had two sons : and the 
younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the 
portion of thy substance that falleth to me. And he 
divided unto them his living. And not many days after 
the younger son gathered all together, and took his jour- 
ney into a far country; and there he wasted his substance 
with riotous living. And when he had spent all, there 
arose a mighty famine in that country ; and he began to 
be in want. And he went and joined himself to one of 
the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields 
to feed swine. And he would fain have been filled with 
the husks that the swine did eat : and no man gave unto 
him. But when he came to himself he said. How many 
hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to 
spare, and I perish here with hunger! I will arise and 
go to my father, and will say unto him. Father, I have 
sinned against heaven, and in thy sight : I am no more 
worthy to be called thy son : make me as one of thy hired 
servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But 
while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was 
moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and 
kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have 
sinned against heaven, and in thy sight; I am no more 
worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his 
servants. Bring forth quickly the best robe, and put it on 
him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: 
and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and 
make merry; for this my son was dead, and is alive again; 
he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. 
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and 



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drew nigh to the house : he heard music and dancing. And 
he called to him one of the servants, and inquired what 
these things might be. And he said unto him, Thy brother 
is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because 
he hath received him safe and sound. But he was angry, 
and would not go in: and his father came out and entreated 
him. But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these 
many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a 
commandment of thine: and thou never gavest me a kid, 
that I might make merry with my friends : but when this 
thy son came, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, 
thou killedst for him the fatted calf. And he said unto 
him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is 
.thine. But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for 
this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, 
and is found. 

And he said unto his disciples. There was a certain 
rich man which had a steward; and the same was accused 
unto him that he was wasting his goods. And he called 
him, and said unto him, what is this that I hear of thee? 
Render the account of thy stewardship ; for thou canst be 
no longer steward. And the steward said within himself, 
What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the 
stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to 
beg I am ashamed. I am resolved what to do, that, when 
I am put out of the stewardship they may receive me 
into their houses: And calling to him each one of his 
lord's debtors, he said to the first. How much owest thou 
unto my lord? And he said, A hundred measures of oil. 
And he said unto him. Take thy bond and sit down quickly 
and write fifty. Then said he to another, And how much 
owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. 
He saith unto him, Take thy bond and write four score. 
And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because 
he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for 
their own generation wiser than the sons of the light. And 
I say unto you, make to yourselves friends by means of the 



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mammon of unrighteousness ; that when it shall fail, they 
may receive you into the eternal tabernacles. He that is 
faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. If there- 
fore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, 
who will commit to your trust the true riches? And if 
ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who 
will give you that which is your own? No servant can 
serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love 
the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the 
other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 

And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard 
all these things, and they scoffed at him. And he said 
unto them. Ye are they that justify yourselves in the slight 
of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is 
exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God. 
The law and the prophets were until John: from that time 
the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and e\^ery 
man entereth violently into it. But it is easier for heaven 
and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to 
fall. Everyone that putteth away his wife, and marrieth 
another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth ore 
that is put away from a husband committeth adultery. 

Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed 
in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day: 
and a certain beggar named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, 
full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that 
fell from the rich man's table; yea, even the dogs came 
and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar 
died, and that he was carried away by the angels into 
Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was 
buried. And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in 
torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in 
his bosom. And he cried and said. Father Abraham, have 
mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip 
of his finger in water and cool my tongue ; for I am in 
anguish in this flame. But Abraham said. Son, remember 



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that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and 
Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is 
comforted, and thou art in anguish. And beside all this, 
between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that they 
which would pass from hence to you may not be able, 
and none may cross over from thence to us. And he said, 
I pray thee therefore. Father, that thou wouldest send 
him to my father's house: for I have five brethren; that 
he may testify unto them; lest they also come into this 
place of torment. But Abraham saith. They have Moses 
and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, 
Father Abraham, but if one go to them from the dead, they 
will repent. And he said unto him. If they hear not Moses, 
and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one 
rise from the dead. 

And he said unto his disciples, It is impossible but 
that occasions of stumbling should come ; but woe unto him, 
through whom they come ! It were well for him if a mill 
stone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown 
into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these 
little ones to stumble. Take heed to yourselves: if thy 
brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 
And if he sin against thee seven times in the day, and 
seven times turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou 
shalt forgive him. 

And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our 
faith. And the Lord said. If ye have faith as a grain of 
mustard seed, ye would say unto this sycamine tree. Be 
thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea; and it 
would have obeyed you. But who is there of you, having 
a servant plowing or feeding sheep, that will say unto 
him when he is come in from the field. Come straightway 
and sit down to meat ; and will not rather say unto him, 
Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself and 
serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterwards 
thou shalt eat and drink? Doth he thank the servant be- 
cause he did the things that were commanded? Even 



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SO ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that 
I commanded you, say. We are unprofitable servants; we 
have done that which was our duty to do. 



CHAPTER XCIV. 

Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead. 

From Perea to Bethany near Jerusalem. 
John II :i-46. 

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of 
the village of Mary and her sister Martha. And it was 
that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and 
wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was 
sick. The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, 
behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. But when Jesus 
heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for 
the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified 
thereby. Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister and 
Lazarus. When therefore he heard that he was sick, he 
abode at that time two days in the place where he was. 
Then after this he saith to the disciples, Let us go into 
Judea again. The disciples say unto him, Rabbi, the Jews 
were but now seeking to stone thee, and goest thou thither 
again? Jesus answered. Are there not twelve hours in 
the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, 
because he seeth the light of this world. But if a man 
walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not 
in him. These things spake he: and after this he saith unto 
them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go that I 
may awake him out of sleep. The disciples therefore said 
unto him, Lord, if he is fallen asleep, he will recover. 
Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they thought that 
he spake of taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus therefore 
saith unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. And I am glad 



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for your sake's that I was not there, to the intent ye may 
believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. Thomas there- 
fore who is called Didymus, said unto his fellow disciples, 
Let us also go that we may die with him. 

So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in 
the tomb four days already. Now Bethany was nigh unto 
Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off; and many of the 
Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them con- 
cerning their brother. Martha therefore, when she heard 
that Jesus was coming, went and met him; but Mary still 
sat in the house. Martha therefore said unto Jesus, Lord, 
if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. And 
even now I know that whatsoever thou shalt ask of God, 
God will give thee. Jesus saith unto her. Thy brother 
shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he 
shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus 
said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life : he that 
believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live: and 
whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. 
Believest thou this? She saith unto him. Yea, Lord: I 
have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, 
even he that cometh into the world. And when she had 
said this, she went away and called Mary her sister 
secretly, saying. The Master is here, and calleth thee. 
And she, when she heard it, arose quickly, and went unto 
him. (Now Jesus was not yet come into the village, but 
was still in the place where Martha met him.) The Jews 
then which were with her in the house, and were com- 
forting her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly 
and went out, followed her, supposing that she was going 
unto the tomb to weep there. Mary therefore, when she 
came where Jesus was, and saw him, fell down at his feet, 
saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother 
had not died. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and 
the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in 
the spirit, and was troubled, and said. Where have you 
laid him? They say unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus 



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wept. The Jews therefore said, Behold how he loved 
him! But some of them said, Could not this man which 
opened the eyes of him that was blind, have caused that 
this man also should not die? Jesus therefore again 
groaning in himself cometh to the tomb. Now it was a 
cave, and a stone lay against it, Jesus saith, Take ye away 
the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith 
unto him. Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been 
dead four days. Jesus saith unto her. Said I not unto 
thee, that, if thou believedst, thou shouldest see the glory 
of God? So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted 
up his eyes and said, Father, I thank thee that thou 
heardest me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: 
but because of the multitude which standeth around I 
said it, that they may believe that thou didst send me. 
And when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, 
Lazarus, come forth. He that was dead came forth, bound 
hand and foot with grave clothes ; and his face was bound 
about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, 
and let him go. 

Many therefore of the Jews, which came to Mary and 
beheld that which he did, believed on him, but some of 
them went away to the Pharisees and told them the thing 
which Jesus had done. 



CHAPTER XCV. 

The Sanhedrin Plot His Death and He Retires Again. 

Jerusalem and Ephraim in Judea. 
John 11:47-54. 

The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered 
a council and said. What do we? For this man doeth many 
signs. H we let him thus alone, all men will believe on 
him: and the Romans will come and take away both our 



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place and our nation. But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, 
being high priest that year, said unto them, Ye know 
nothing at all, nor do ye take account that it is expedient 
for you that one man should die for the people and that 
the whole nation perish not. Now this he said not of him- 
self: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that 
Jesus should die for the nation; and not for the nation 
only, but that he might also gather together into one, the 
children of God that are scattered abroad. So from that 
day forth they took counsel that they might put him to 
death. 

Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the 
Jews, but departed thence into the country near to the 
wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there he 
tarried with the disciples. 



CHAPTER XCVI. 

Journeying Through Samaria and Galilee Toward Jeru- 
salem He Teaches That the Messianic Reign Will 
Come Unexpectedly. 

In Samaria or Galilee. 
Luke 17:11-37. 

And it came to pass, as they were on the way to Jeru- 
salem, that he was passing through the midst of Samaria 
and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain village, 
there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar 
off: and they lifted up their voices, saying, Jesus, Master, 
have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto 
them. Go and show yourselves unto the priests. And it 
came to pass, as they went, they were cleansed. And one 
of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back 
with a loud voice, glorifying God; and he fell upon his 
face at his feet, giving him thanks : and he was a Samari- 



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tan. And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten 
cleansed? But where are the nine? Were there none 
found that returned to give glory to God save this 
stranger? And he said unto him, Arise and go thy way: 
thy faith hath made thee whole. 

And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, 
when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son 
of man, and ye shall not see it. And they shall say to you, 
Lo, there ! Lo, here ! Go not away, nor follow after them : 
for as the lightning, when it lighteneth out of the one part 
under the heaven, shineth unto the other part under the 
heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day. But first 
must he suffer many things and be rejected of this gene- 
ration. And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even 
so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They 
ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, 
until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came, 
and destroyed them all. Likewise even as it came to pass 
in the days of Lot ; they ate, they drank, they bought, they 
sold, they planted, they builded: but in the day that Lot 
went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from 
heaven, and destroyed them all : in the same manner shall 
it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed. In that 
day, he which shall be on the house top, and his goods in 
the house, let him not go down to take them away: and 
let him that is in the field likewise not return back. 
Remember Lot's wife. Whosoever shall seek to gain his 
life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life shall 
preserve it. I say unto you, in that night there shall be 
two men on one bed; the one shall be taken and the other 
shall be left. There shall be two women grinding together, 
the one shall be taken and the other shall be left. And 
they answering say unto him. Where, Lord? And he 
said unto them, Where the body is. thither will the eagles 
be gathered together. 



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CHAPTER XCVII. 

Parables of the Importunate Widow, and the Pharisee 

and Publican. 

Luke 18:1-14. 

And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they 
ought always to pray and not to faint ; saying, There was 
in a city a judge, which feared not God, and regarded not 
man: and there was a widow in that city; and she came 
oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And 
he would not for a while: but afterward he said within 
himself. Though I fear not God, nor regard man; yet 
because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her lest 
she weary me out by her continual coming. And the Lord 
said, Hear what the unrighteous judge said. And shall 
not God avenge his elect, which cry to him day and night, 
and he is long suffering over them? I say unto you, that 
he will avenge them speedily. Howbeit, when the Son 
of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? 

And he spake also this parable unto certain which 
trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set 
all others at nought: Two men went up into the temple to 
pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The 
Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank 
thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, 
adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the 
week, I give tithes of all that I get. But the publican 
standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes 
unto heaven, but smote his breast, saying, God, be merciful 
to me a sinner. I say unto you, This man went down to 
his house justified rather than the other: for everyone 
that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that 
humbleth himself shall be exalted. 



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CHAPTER XCVIII. 

Going from Galilee Through Perea, He Teaches Concern- 
ing Divorce. 

Perea. 
Matt. 9:1-12. Mark 10:1-12. 

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these 
words, he arose from thence, and departed from Galilee, 
and came into the borders of Judea beyond Jordan; and 
great multitudes followed him and come together unto 
him again ; and he healed them there, and, as he was wont 
he taught them again. 

And there came to him Pharisees, tempting him, and 
asked him, saying. Is it lawful for a man to put away his 
wife for every cause? And he answered and said unto 
them. What did Moses command you? And they said, 
Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement and to put 
her away. But Jesus said unto them. For your hardness 
of heart he wrote you this commandment. But have ye not 
read, that he which made them from the beginning of the 
creation, made them male and female, and said; For this 
cause shall a man leave his father, and mother, and shall 
cleave to his wife; and the twain shall become one flesh. 
So they are no more twain but one flesh. What therefore 
God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. And 
in the house the disciples asked him again of this matter. 
They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give 
a bill of divorcement, and to put her away? He saith unto 
them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to 
put away your wives ; but from the beginning it hath not 
been so. And I say unto you. Whosoever shall put away 
his wife except for fornication, and shall marry another, 
committeth adultery against her; and he that marrieth her 
that is put away, committeth adultery. And if she herself 
put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth 



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adultery. The disciples say unto him, If the case of the 
man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry. But 
he said unto them. All men cannot receive this saying, 
but they to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs which 
are so born from their mother's womb : and there are 
eunuchs which were made so by men : and there are eunuchs, 
which made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of 
heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him 
receive it. 



CHAPTER XCIX. 

He Blesses Some Infant Children, and Teaches That Sub- 
jects of the Messianic Reign Must Be Childlike. 

Perea. 
Matt. 19:13-15. Mark 10:13-16. Luke 18:15-17. 

Then they brought unto him little children, that he 
should lay his hands on them, and pray: and they brought 
him also their babes; that he should touch them; but when 
his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But when Jesus 
saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said unto them, 
Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them 
not: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Verily I say 
unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God 
as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein. And he 
took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands 
upon them; and he departed thence. 



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CHAPTER C. 

The Rich Young Ruler, and the Perils of Riches. The 

Rewards of Forsaking All to Follow Jesus Will Be 

Great, But Will Be Sovereign. (Parable of the 

Laborers in the Vineyard). 

In Perea. 
Matt. 19:16-30. Matt. 20:1-16. Mark 10:17-31. Luke 18:18-30. 

And as he was going forth into the way, behold a cer- 
tain ruler came, and ran to him, and kneeled down and 
asked him, saying, Good master, what good thing shall I 
do that I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto 
him. One there is that is good. But why callest me good? 
None is good save one, even God. Why askest me con- 
cerning that which is good? If thou wouldest enter into 
life, keep the commandments. He saith unto him, 
Which? And Jesus said, Thou knowest the command- 
ments. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adult- 
ery, Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness, 
Honor thy father and they mother : and. Thou shalt love 
thy neighbor as thyself. The young man said unto him, 
Master, all these things have I observed from my youth up ; 
what lack I yet? When Jesus heard it, looking upon 
him loved him, and he said unto him, One thing thou 
lackest: If thou wouldest be perfect, Go sell all, whatso- 
ever that thou hast, and give unto the poor, and thou shalt 
have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me. But when 
the young man heard the saying, these things, his counte- 
nance fell ; and he became exceeding sorrowful, and went 
away, for he was one that had great possessions, he was 
very rich. And Jesus looked round about, and said unto 
his disciples. How hardly shall they that have riches 
enter into the kingdom of God ! Verily I say unto you, it 
is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. 



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And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus 
answered again, and said unto them, Children, how hard 
is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom 
of God ! And again I say unto you, It is easier for a 
camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man 
to enter into the kingdom of God. And when the dis- 
ciples heard it, they were astonished exceedingly, saying, 
Who then can be saved? And Jesus looking upon them, 
said to them. With men it is impossible, but not with God. 
The things that are impossible with men, are possible with 
God; for all things are possible with God. Then answered 
Peter and said unto him, Lo, we have left all, our own, and 
followed thee: what then shall we have? And Jesus said 
unto them, Verily, I say unto you, that ye which have 
followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man 
shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon 
twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And 
everyone that hath left house, or wife, or brethren, or 
sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for the 
sake of the kingdom of God ; for my sake and the gospel's 
sake; shall receive many fold more; yea, a hundred fold 
now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and 
mother, and children, and lands, with persecutions ; and 
in the world to come shall inherit eternal life. But many 
that be first shall be last; and the last first. 

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is 
a householder, which went out early in the morning to hire 
laborers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed 
with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his 
vineyard. And he went out about the third hour and saw 
others standing in the market place idle; and to them he 
said. Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right 
I will give you. And they went their way. Again he went 
out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. 
And about the eleventh hour, he went out and found others 
standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all 



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the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath 
hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard. 
And when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith 
unto his steward. Call the laborers, and pay them their hire 
beginning from the last unto the first. And when they 
came that were hired, about the eleventh hour, they re- 
ceived every man a penny. And when the first came, they 
supposed that they would receive more; and they like- 
wise received every man a penny. And when they 
received it, they murmured against the householder, say- 
ing. These last have spent but one hour, and thou hast made 
them equal unto us which have borne the burden of the 
day and the scorching heat. But he answered and said 
unto them, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou 
agree with me for a penny? Take up that which is thine 
and go thy way; it is my will to give unto this last, even 
as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will 
with mine own? Or is thine eye evil because I am good? 
So the last shall be first and the first last. 



CHAPTER CI. 

Jesus Foretells to The Disciples His Death and Resur- 
rection, and Rebukes the Selfish Ambition of 
James and John. 

Probably in Perea. 
Matt. 20:17-18. Mark 10:32-45. Luke 18:31-34. 

And they were in the way, going up to Jerusalem; 
and Jesus was going up before them to Jerusalem; and 
they were amazed ; and they that followed were afraid. 
And he took unto him the twelve disciples apart and in 
the way he again began to tell them the things that were 
to happen to him, saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem: 
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accomplished unto the Son of man. He shall be delivered 
unto the chief priests and scribes : and they shall condemn 
him to death and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles to 
mock, and to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he 
shall be raised up. For he shall be delivered up unto 
the Gentiles, shall be mocked, and shamefully entreated, 
and spit upon; and they shall scourge him, and shall kill 
him, and after three days he shall rise again. And they 
understood none of these things; and this saying was hid 
from them, and they perceived not the things that were 
said. 

Then there came unto him the mother of the Sons of 
Zebedee, with her sons James and John, worshipping him, 
and asked a certain thing of him, saying unto him. Master, 
we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we 
shall ask of thee. And he said unto them, What would ye 
that I should do for you? She said unto him, Command 
that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and 
one on thy left hand in thy kingdom. And they said unto 
him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand 
and one on thy left hand, in thy glory. But Jesus answered, 
and said unto them. Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye 
able to drink the cup I am about to drink? Or to be bap- 
tized with the baptism that I am baptized with? And they 
said unto him, We are able. And Jesus said unto them. My 
cup, indeed, the cup I drink, ye shall drink: and the bap- 
tism I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: but to sit 
on my right hand or on my left hand is not mine to give; 
but it is for them for whom it hath been prepared of 
my Father. And when the ten heard it, they began to be 
moved with indignation concerning the two brethren, 
James and John. But Jesus called them unto him and said, 
Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, 
and their great ones exercise authority over them. But it 
is not so, nor shall it be so, among you : but whosoever 
would become great among you shall be your minister, and 



180 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant 
of all : even as the Son of man came not to be ministered 
unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for 
many. 



CHAPTER CII. 

Blind Bartimaeus and His Companion Healed. 

At Jericho. 
Matt. 20:29-34. Mark 10:46-52. Luke 18:35-43. 

And it came to pass, when he drew nigh unto Jericho, 
they come into Jericho; and as they, he and his disciples, 
went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him, 
and behold, two blind men sitting by the way side; a cer- 
tain blind man, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind 
beggar who sat by the way side begging, was sitting by 
the way side; and hearing a multitude going by, he in- 
quired what this meant. And they told him, that Jesus of 
Nazareth passeth by. And when he heard that it was Jesus 
of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son 
of David, have mercy on me. And they cried out, saying, 
Lord, have mercy on us thou son of David. And they, the 
multitude, that went before him rebuked them, and many 
rebuked them that they should hold their peace; but they 
cried out the more a great deal, saying, Lord, thou Son of 
David, have mercy on us. And Jesus stood still, and called 
them, and commanded him to be brought unto him. And 
they call the blind man, saying unto him. Be of good cheer: 
rise, he calleth thee. And he casting away his garment, 
sprang up, and came to Jesus. And when he was come 
near, Jesus answered him, and asked him, What wilt thou 
that I should do unto thee? And the blind man said unto 
him, Rabboni, that I may receive my sight. And Jesus said 
unto them, What will ye that I should do unto you? They 



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say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. And 
Jesus being moved with compassion, touched their eyes, 
and said unto them. Receive thy sight; go thy v^ay; thy 
faith hath made thee whole. And straightway they re- 
ceived their sight, and followed him in the way, glorifying 
God: and all the people when they saw it, gave praise unto 
God. 

CHAPTER cm. 

Jesus Visits Zacchaeus, and Speaks the Parable of the 
Pounds, and Sets Out for Jerusalem. 

Jericho. 
Luke 19:1-28. 

And he entered and was passing through Jericho. And 
behold, a man called by name Zacchaeus ; and he was a 
chief publican, and he was rich. And he sought to see 
Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because 
he was little of stature. And he ran on before, and climbed 
up into a sycamore tree to see him: for he was to pass 
that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked 
up, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come 
down; for today I must abide at thy house. And he made 
haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. And 
when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He is gone 
in to lodge with a man that is a sinner. And Zacchaeus 
stood, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of 
my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wrongfully ex- 
acted aught of any man, I restore fourfold. And Jesus said 
unto him, Today is salvation come to this house, for as 
much as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man 
came to seek and to save that which was lost. 

And as they heard these things, he added and spake a 
parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because 
they supposed that the kingdom of God was immediately 



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to appear. He said therefore, A certain nobleman went 
into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and 
to return. And he called ten servants of his, and gave them 
ten pounds, and said unto them, Trade ye herewith till I 
come. But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage 
after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us. 
And it came to pass, when he was come back again, having 
received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants 
unto whom he had given the money, to be called to him 
that he might know what they had gained by trading. And 
the first came before him, saying. Lord, thy pound hath 
made ten pounds more. Then he said unto him. Well 
done, thou good servant : because thou wast found faith- 
ful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. 
And the second came, saying, Thy pound, Lord, hath made 
five pounds. And he said unto him also. Be thou also 
over five cities. And another came, saying, Lord, behold, 
here is thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin: for I 
feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest 
up that thou laidest not down, and reapest that thou didst 
not sow. He saith unto him. Out of thine own mouth I will 
judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am 
an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reap- 
ing that I did not sow; then wherefore gavest thou not 
my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have 
required it with interest? And he said unto them that 
stood by. Take away from him the pound, and give it unto 
him that hath the ten pounds. And they said unto him, 
Lord, he hath ten pounds. I say unto you, That unto every- 
one that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not, 
even that which he hath shall be taken away from him. 
Howbeit, these mine enemies, which would not that I 
should reign over them, bring hither and slay them be- 
fore me. 

And when he had thus spoken, he went on before, 
going up to Jerusalem. 



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PART SEVEN 

LAST WEEK OF OUR LORD'S MINISTRY AND HIS 

CRUCIFIXION. 

Spring of A. D. 29, or 30. 

CHAPTER CIV. 

Jesus Arrives at Bethany, Near Jerusalem. 

Friday Afternoon. 
John 11:55-57. John 12:1, 9-11. 

Now the passover of the Jews was at hand : and many- 
went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the pass- 
over, to purify themselves. They sought therefore for 
Jesus, and spake one with another, as they stood in the 
temple, What think ye? That he will not come to the 
feast? Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given 
commandment, that, If any man knew where he was, he 
should show it that they might take him. 

Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to 
Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the 
dead. 

The common people therefore of the Jews learned 
that he was there : and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, 
but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he raised from 
the dead. But the chief priests took counsel that they 
might put Lazarus also to death; because that by reason of 
him many of the Jews went away and believed on Jesus. 



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CHAPTER CV. 

His Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem as the Messiah. 

From Bethany to Jerusalem and back. 

Sunday. 

Matt. 21 :i-ii, 14-17. Mark ii:i-ii. Luke 19:29-44. 

John 12:12-19. 

And it came to pass, when they drew nigh unto Jeru- 
salem, and came unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount 
that is called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his dis- 
ciples, saying unto them, Go your way into the village that 
is over against you, and straightway as you enter into it, 
ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt, with her, tied, whereon 
no man ever sat : loose him and bring him to me. And 
if any one say aught unto you, or ask you, Why do you 
loose him? Ye shall say. The Lord hath need of him; and 
straightway he will send him back hither. And the dis- 
ciples were sent away, and they went and did even as 
Jesus appointed them, and they found a colt tied at the 
door without in the open street, and as they were loosing 
the colt, certain of them that stood there, the owners 
thereof, said unto them. What do ye? Why loose ye the 
colt? And they said unto them even as Jesus had said: 
The Lord hath need of him. And they let them go, and 
they brought the ass and the colt to Jesus. And they threw 
their garments upon the colt, and set Jesus thereon; and 
he sat upon him. On the morrow a great multitude that 
had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was 
coming to Jerusalem, took the branches of palm trees, and 
went forth to meet him, and cried out, Hosanna! Blessed 
is he that cometh in the name of the lord, even the King 
of Israel. Now this is come to pass, that it might be ful- 
filled which was spoken by the prophet; as it is written, 
Fear not, daughter of Zion: 
Behold thy king cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. 



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Tell ye the daughter of Zion, 
Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, 
Meek, and riding upon an ass. 
And upon a colt, the foal of an ass. 

These things understood not his disciples at the first: 
but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that 
these things were written of him, and they had .done 
these things unto him. And as they went, they, the most 
part of the multitude, spread their garments in the 
way. And others cut branches from the trees of the fields, 
and spread them in the way. And as he was now drawing 
nigh, even at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the 
whole multitude of the disciples, they that went before 
him, and they that followed, began to rejoice, and praise 
God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which 
they had seen, and cried saying, Hosanna to the son of 
David; Blessed is the kingdom that cometh, the kingdom 
of our father David: Hosanna in the highest. Blessed 
is the King that cometh in the name of the Lord ; 
Hosanna in the highest : peace in heaven and glory in 
the highest. The multitude therefore that was with him 
when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him 
from the dead, bare witness. For this cause also the 
multitude went and met him, for that they heard that he 
had done this sign. The Pharisees therefore said among 
themselves. Behold how ye prevail nothing: lo the world 
is gone after him. And some of the Pharisees from the 
multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. 
And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall 
hold their peace, these stones will cry out. 

And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept 
over it, saying. If thou hadst known in this day even thou, 
the things which belong unto thy peace ! But now they 
are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon 
thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, 
and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, 
and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within 



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thee, and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon 
another; because thou knewest not the time of thy 
visitation. 

And he entered into Jerusalem, and when he was 
come into Jerusalem, and the city was stirred, saying, 
Who is this? And the multitude said. This is the prophet, 
Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee. And he entered into 
the temple, and the blind, and the lame, came to him in 
the temple; and he healed them. But when the chief 
priests, and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he 
did, and the children that were crying in the temple and 
saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were moved 
with indignation, and said unto him, Hearest thou, what 
these are saying? And Jesus said unto them. Yea: did 
ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings 
thou hast perfected praise? And when he had looked 
round about upon all things, it being now eventide, he 
left them, and he went forth out of the city into Bethany 
with the twelve, and lodged there. 



CHAPTER CVI. 

The Barren Fig Tree Cursed, and the Second Cleansing 

of the Temple. 

Bethany and Jerusalem. 

Monday. 

Matt. 21 :i8, 19, 12, 13. Mark 11 :i2-i8. Luke 19:45-48. 

And on the morrow, in the morning, when they were 
come out of Bethany, as he returned to the city, he hun- 
gered. And seeing a fig tree afar off by the way side, 
and having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any- 
thing thereon: and he came to it and found nothing thereon 
but leaves only: for it was not the season of figs. And 
he answered and said unto it. No man shall ever eat fruit 



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from thee; Let there be no fruit from thee henceforward 
forever. And his disciples heard it. And they come to 
Jerusalem and Jesus entered into the temple of God and 
began to cast out all them that sold and them that bought 
in the temple, and he overthrew the tables of the money- 
changers and the seats of them that sold doves : and he 
would not suffer that any man should carry a vessel 
through the temple. And he taught, and said unto them, 
It is written. My house shall be called a house of prayer 
for all nations : but ye have made it a den of robbers. 
And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief 
priests, and scribes and the principal men of the people 
heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they 
feared him, and they could not find what they might do; 
for all the multitude was astonished at his teaching; for 
the people all hung upon him listening. 



CHAPTER CVII. 

Some Greeks Wish to See Jesus and He Foretells That 
by Being Lifted up He Will Draw All Men unto Him. 

Jerusalem. 
John 12:20-50. 

Now there were certain Greeks among those that went 
up to worship at the feast: these therefore came to Philip, 
which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him saying, 
Sir, we would see Jesus. Philip cometh and telleth 
Andrew: Andrew cometh, and Philip, and they tell Jesus. 
And Jesus answereth them, saying. The hour is come, 
that the Son of man should be glorified. Verily, verily, 
I say unto you. Except a grain of wheat fall into the 
earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it 
beareth much fruit. He that loveth his life, loseth it: 
and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto 



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life eternal. If any man serve me, let him follow me; 
and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any 
man serve me, him will the Father honor. Now is my 
soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me 
from this hour. But for this cause came I unto this hour. 
Father, glorify thy name. There came therefore a voice 
out of heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will 
glorify it again. The multitude therefore, that stood by, 
and heard it, said that it had thundered: Others said, an 
angel hath spoken to him. Jesus answered and said. This 
voice hath not come for my sake, but for your sakes. Now 
is the judgment of this world; now shall the prince of 
this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the 
earth, will draw all men unto myself. But this he said, 
signifying by what manner of death he should die. The 
multitude therefore, answering him, We have heard out of 
the law that the Christ abideth forever: and how sayest 
thou. The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is the 
Son of man? Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little 
while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the 
light. That the darkness overtake you not: and he that 
walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 
While ye have the light, believe on the light, that ye may 
become sons of light. 

These things spake Jesus, and he departed and hid 
himself from them. But though he had done so many 
signs before them, Yet they believed not on him: that the 
word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled which he 
spake, 

Lord, who hath believed our report? 

And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? 

For this cause they could not believe, for that Isaiah 
said again, 

He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; 



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Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with 

their hearts, 
And should turn. 
And I should heal them. 

These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory: and 
he spake of him. Nevertheless, even of the rulers, many 
believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did 
not confess it, lest they should be put out of the syna- 
gogue ; for they loved the glory of men more than the 
glory of God. 

And Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, 
believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he 
that beholdeth me, beholdeth him that sent me. I am 
come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on 
me may not abide in the darkness. And if any man hear 
my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for 
I came not to judge the world but to save the world. 
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath 
one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same 
shall judge him in the last day. For I spake not from 
myself; but the Father which sent me, he hath given 
me a commandment what I should say, and what I should 
speak. And I know that his commandment is life eternal : 
the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father 
has said unto me, so I speak. 



CHAPTER CVIII. 

The Barren Fig Tree Found to Have Withered. 

On the way from Bethany to Jerusalem. 

Tuesday. 

Matt. 21:19-22. Mark 11:19-25. Luke 21:37, 38. 

And every day he was teaching in the temple; and 
every night he went forth out of the city, and lodged in 



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the mount that is called Olives. And all the people came 
early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him. 
And in the morning as they passed by the fig tree which 
had been cursed, they saw that it had withered away, 
immediately from the roots. And when the disciples saw 
it, they marvelled, saying, How did the fig tree imme- 
diately wither away? And Peter calling to remembrance 
saith unto him. Rabbi, behold the fig tree which thou 
cursedst is withered away. And Jesus answered and said 
unto them. Have faith in God. Verily I say unto you, 
If ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall not only do what 
is done to the fig tree, but even if ye shall say unto this 
mountain. Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, it shall 
be done. And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, 
believing, ye shall receive. Verily I say unto you. Who- 
soever shall say unto this mountain. Be thou taken up 
and cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, 
but shall believe what he saith cometh to pass ; he shall 
have it. Therefore I say unto you. All things whatsoever 
ye pray, and ask for, believe that ye have received them, 
and ye shall have them. And whensoever ye stand pray- 
ing, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your 
father also which is in heaven may forgive you your 
trespasses. 



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CHAPTER CIX. 

The Rulers Question the Authority of Jesus. He Refuses 

to Explain and Sets Forth Their Wickedness by Three 

Parables. The Parable of the Two Sons. The 

Parable of the Wicked Husbandman. The 

Parable of the Marriage Feast of 

the King's Son. 

In the Court of the Temple. 

Tuesday. 

Matt. 21:23 to 22:14. Mark 11:27 to 12:12. Luke 20:1-19. 

And they came again to Jerusalem: and when he had 
come into the temple, it came to pass on one of the days 
as he was teaching the people, as he was walking in the 
temple, the chief priests and the scribes came up to him, 
and said unto him. Tell us : by what authority doest thou 
these things? And who gave thee this authority? And 
Jesus answered, and said unto them, I also will ask of 
you a question, Which if you tell me, I likewise will tell 
you by what authority I do these things. Tell me : The 
baptism of John, whence was it? Was it from heaven 
or from men? Answer me. And they reasoned among 
themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will 
say unto us, Why then did ye not believe him? But if 
we shall say, From men; we fear the multitude; we fear 
the people will stone us: for they all believed John was 
a prophet. And they answered Jesus, and said. We know 
not. And Jesus said unto them. Neither tell I you by 
what authority I do these things. 

But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came 
to the first, and said. Son, go work today in the vineyard. 
And he answered and said, I will not: but afterward he 
repented himself and went. And he came to the second, 
and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go sir: 



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and went not. Whether of the twain did the will of his 
Father? They say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, 
Verily I say unto you, that publicans and harlots go into 
the kingdom of God before you. For John came unto you 
in the way of righteousness and ye believed him not : but 
the publicans and harlots believed him, and ye, when 
ye saw it, did not ever repent yourselves afterward that 
ye might believe him. 

And he began to speak unto the people in parables, 
and he said : Hear another parable, and he spake this 
parable : There was a man that was a householder, who 
planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged 
a pit for the winepress in it, and built a tower, and let 
it out to husbandmen, and went into another country for 
a long time. And when the season of the fruits drew near, 
he sent his servants unto the husbandmen to receive his 
fruits of the vineyard. And the husbandmen took his 
servants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned 
another. Again, he sent other servants more than the 
first: and they did unto them in like manner. They took 
the first servant and beat him, and sent him away empty. 
And again he sent unto them another servant : and him 
they wounded in the head, and handled him shamefully, 
and sent him away empty. And he sent yet a third : him 
they killed and cast him forth; and many others, beating 
some and killing some. And the lord of the vineyard 
said. What shall I do? He had yet one beloved- son: and 
he said, I will send my beloved son: it may be they will 
reverence him. He sent him last unto them, saying, They 
will reverence my son. But when those husbandmen saw 
him, they reasoned among themselves, saying one to 
another. This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and the 
inheritance shall be ours; let us kill him and take his 
inheritance. And they took him, and cast him forth out 
of the vineyard, and killed him. When therefore the 
lord of the vineyard shall come, What will he do unto 



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those husbandmen? They say unto him, He will come 
and destroy those miserable husbandmen and will give 
the vineyard unto others. He will let out the vineyard 
unto husbandmen who shall render him the fruits in their 
seasons. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. 
But Jesus looked upon them, and said unto them, What 
then is this that is written in the scriptures; have ye never 
read even in the scriptures; 

The stone which the builders rejected, 
The same is made the head of the corner : 
This was from the Lord, 
And it is marvelous in our eyes? 

Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be 
taken away from you, and shall be given to a nation bring- 
ing forth the fruits thereof. And everyone that falleth on 
this stone shall be broken to pieces ; but on whomsoever 
it shall fall, it shall scatter him as dust. And when the 
chief priests and Pharisees heard his parables, they per- 
ceived that he spake of them. And they sought to lay 
hold on him in that very hour. And when they sought 
to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes of people 
because they took him for a prophet. But perceiving 
that he spake this parable against them; they left him 
and went away. 

And Jesus answered and spake again in parables unto 
them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a 
certain king, which made a marriage feast for his son, 
and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden 
to the marriage feast : and they would not come. Again 
he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are 
bidden. Behold, I have made ready my dinner: my oxen 
and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come 
to the marriage feast. But they made light of it, and 
went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his 
merchandise: and the rest laid hold on his servants, and 
entreated them shamefully, and killed them. But the 



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king was wroth and he sent his armies, and destroyed 
those murderers and burned their city. Then saith he to 
his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were 
bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore unto the partings 
of the highways and as many as ye shall find, bid to the 
marriage feast. And those servants went out into the 
highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, 
both bad and good : and the wedding was filled with guests. 
But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw 
there a man which had not on a wedding-garment: and 
he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not 
having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless. 
Then the king said to the servants. Bind him hand and 
foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness ; there 
shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many 
are called, but few chosen. 



CHAPTER ex. 

The Pharisees and the Herodians Try to Ensnare Jesus 
about Paying Tribute to Caesar. 

In the Court of the Temple. 

Tuesday. 

Matt. 22:15-22. Mark 12:13-17. Luke 20:20-26. 

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they 
might ensnare him. And they send unto him certain of 
the Pharisees, and the Herodians, as spies, which feigned 
themselves to be righteous, that they might catch him in 
his talk, so as to deliver him up to the rule, and the author- 
ity of the governor. And when their disciples with the 
Herodians were come, they say unto him. Master, we 
know that thou art true, and that thou sayest and teachest 
rightly the way of God in truth, and carest not for anyone: 
for thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us there- 



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fore, What thinkest thou, Is it lawful for us to give 
tribute unto Caesar or not? Shall we give, or shall we 
not give? But Jesus perceiving their wickedness, and 
knowing their hypocrisy, he said unto them, Why tempt 
ye me, ye hypocrites? Show me the tribute money? 
Bring me a penny that I may see it. And they brought it. 
And he saith unto them. Whose is this image and super- 
scription? They say unto him, Caesar's. Then said Jesus 
unto them, Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's 
and to God the things that are God's. And when they 
heard it, they marvelled greatly at his answer, for they 
were not able to take hold of the sayings before the people, 
and they held their peace, and they left him and went 
their way. 



CHAPTER CXI. 

The Sadducees Ask Him a Puzzling Question about the 

Resurrection. 

In the Court of the Temple. 

Tuesday. 

Matt. 22:23-33. Mark 12:18-27. Luke 20:27-40. 

On that day there came unto him certain of the 
Sadducees, they which say there is no resurrection: and 
they asked him, saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us. If 
a man's brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave 
no children, that his brother should take the wife and 
marry her, and raise up seed unto his brother. Now 
there were seven brethren: and the first married a wife, 
and dying left no seed ; and the second took her and died 
childless; and the third took her and died leaving no seed 
behind him; and likewise unto the seventh. And the seven 
left no children, and after them all the woman also died. 
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shall she be? For they all seven had her to wife. But 
Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, because 
ye know not the scriptures, nor the power of God. The 
sons of this world marry and are given in marriage: but 
they that are accounted worthy to attain to that world, 
and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor 
are given in marriage ; for in the resurrection, when they 
shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are 
given in marriage, neither can they die any more : for 
they are equal unto the angels, and are as the angels of 
heaven; and are sons of God, being sons of the resur- 
rection. But as touching the resurrection of the dead, 
that they are raised, even Moses showed in the place con- 
cerning the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of 
Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 
Have ye never read that which was spoken unto you by 
God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and 
of Jacob? Now God is not the God of the dead, but of 
the living; for all live unto him. Ye do greatly err. And 
when the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at 
his teaching. And certain of the scribes answered and 
said. Master, thou hast well said. For they durst not 
any more ask him any question. 



CHAPTER CXII. 

A Pharisee Who Is a Lawyer Asks Another Question, and 

Then Jesus Asks the Pharisees a Question about 

the Messiah Which They Cannot Answer. 

In the Court of the Temple. 

Tuesday. 

Matt. 22:34-46. Mark 12:28-37. Luke 20:41-44. 

But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put 
the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together. 



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And one of their scribes, a lawyer, heard them questioning 
together, and knowing that he had answered them well, 
asked him a question, tempting him. Master, which is the 
great commandment of the law? What commandment is 
the first of all? And Jesus answered and said unto him, 
The first is. Hear O Israel : the Lord our God, the Lord 
is One. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and 
with all thy strength. This is the great and the first com- 
mandment. The second is like unto it. It is this. Thou 
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other 
commandment greater than these. On these two com- 
mandments hangeth the whole law and the prophets. 
And the scribes said unto him. Of a truth, Master, thou 
hast well said that he is one : and there is none other 
than he : and to love him with all the heart, and with all 
the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love 
his neighbor as himself, is much more than all whole 
burnt offerings and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that 
he answered discreetly, he said unto him. Thou are not far 
from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst 
ask him any question. 

Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, 
Jesus asked them a question, as he taught in the temple, 
saying. What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he? 
They say, the son of David. How say the scribes thajt 
the Christ is the son of David? How then doth David 
in the scripture call him Lord, for David himself said 
in the Holy Spirit, in the book of Psalms, 

The Lord said unto my Lord, 

Sit thou on my right hand. 

Till I put thine enemies under thy feet, 

And make them thy footstool. 

Then if David himself calleth him Lord; how is he his 

son? And no one was able to answer him a word. Neither 



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durst any man any more from that day forth ask him any 
questions. 

And the common people heard him gladly. 



CHAPTER CXIII. 

In His Last Public Discourse, Jesus Solemnly Denounces 
the Scribes and Pharisees. 

In the Court of the Temple. 

Tuesday. 

Matt. 23:1-39. Mark 12:38-40. Luke 20:45-47. 

Then spake Jesus to the multitude and to his disciples, 
in the hearing of all the people, saying, Beware of the 
scribes and the Pharisees. They sit on Moses' seat: all 
things therefore whatsoever they bid you, these do and 
observe : but do not ye after their works ; for they say 
and do not. Yea they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be 
borne, and lay them on men's shoulders ; but they them- 
selves will not move them with their finger. But all their 
works they do for to be seen of men : for they make broad 
their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their gar- 
ments, for they desire to walk in long robes, and love the 
chief places at feasts, and the chief seats in the syna- 
gogues, and to have salutations in the market places, and 
to be called of men. Rabbi. But be not ye called. Rabbi: 
for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren. And 
call no man your father on the earth : for one is your 
Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters : 
for one is your master, even the Christ. But he that is 
greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever 
shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall 
humble himself shall be exalted. 

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 
Because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for 



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ye enter not yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are 
entering in to enter. They which devour, widow's houses, 
and for a pretense make long prayers; these shall receive 
greater condemnation. 

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! For 
ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte ; and when 
he is become so, ye make him two fold more a son of hell 
than yourselves. 

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whoso- 
ever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoso- 
ever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. 
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or 
the temple that hath sanctified the gold? And, whoso- 
ever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever 
shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor. Ye 
blind for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that 
sanctifieth the gift? He therefore that sweareth by the 
altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And he 
that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him 
that dwelleth therein. And he that sweareth by the heaven, 
sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth 
thereon. 

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! For 
ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone 
the weightier matters of the law, judgment, and mercy, and 
faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have 
left the other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain out 
the gnat, and swallow the camel. 

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! For 
ye cleanse the outside of the cup and the platter, but within 
they are full from extortion and excess. Thou blind 
Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the 
platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also. 

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For 
ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly ap- 
pear beautiful but inwardly are full of dead men's bones 



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and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear 
righteous unto men, but inwardly are full of hypocrisy 
and iniquity. 

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! For 
ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the 
tombs of the righteous and say. If we had been in the 
days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with 
them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye witness 
to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the 
prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 
Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape 
the judgment of hell? Therefore, behold, I send unto you 
prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall 
ye kill and crucify: and some of them shall ye scourge in 
your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: that 
upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the 
earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood 
of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between 
the sanctuary and the altar. Verily, I say unto you, All 
these things shall come upon this generation. 

O, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killeth the prophets, 
and stoneth them that are sent unto her ! How often would 
I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gath- 
ereth her chickens together under her wings, and ye would 
not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate, for I 
say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth till ye shall 
say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 



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CHAPTER CXIV. 

Jesus Closely Observes the Contributions in the Temple 
and Commends the Poor Widow's Gift. 

Tuesday. 
Mark 12:41-44. Luke 12:1-4. 

And he sat down over against the treasury, and be- 
held how the mulitude cast money into the treasury. And 
he looked up and saw the rich men that were casting their 
gifts into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in 
much. And he saw a certain poor widow come, and she 
cast in thither two mites, which make a farthing. And he 
called unto him his disciples, and said unto them. Verily 
I say unto you. Of a truth, this poor widow cast in more 
than all they which are casting into the treasury for all 
these did of their superfluity cast in their gifts : but she 
of her want did cast in all that she had even all her living. 



CHAPTER CXV. 

Sitting on the Mount of Olives, Jesus Speaks to His Dis- 
ciples About the Destruction of Jerusalem, and 
His Own Second Coming. 

Tuesday. 
Matt. 24:1-51. Mark 13:1-37. Luke 21 :5-36. 

And as Jesus came out of the temple and going on his 
way from the temple; his disciples came to him to show 
him the buildings of the temple. And as some spake of 
the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones, and 
offerings, one of his disciples said unto him, Master, be- 
hold what manner of stones, and what manner of build- 
ings! But Jesus said unto them, See ye all these things? 



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As for these great buildings which ye behold, Verily I say 
unto you, The days will come, which there shall not be 
left here one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown 
down. 

And as he sat on the mount of Olives over against 
the temple, Peter, James, and John, and Andrew, his dis- 
ciples, came unto him privately, and they asked him, say- 
ing, Master, tell us, when shall these things be? And what 
shall be the sign when these things are all about to come 
to pass? And what shall be the sign of thy coming, and 
the end of the world? And Jesus answered, and began to 
say unto them, Take heed that ye be not led astray. For 
many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and 
shall lead many astray. And many will say. The time is 
at hand : go ye not after them. And ye shall hear of wars 
and rumours of wars, but when ye hear of wars and 
rumours of wars, be not troubled for these things must 
come to pass first; for the end is not yet, immediately. For 
nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against king- 
dom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places; and 
there shall be famines and pestilences; and there shall be 
terrors and great signs from heaven. But these things are 
the beginning of travail. 

But take ye heed to yourselves : for before all these 
things, they shall lay their hands on you and shall perse- 
cute you. Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, 
and shall kill you : for they shall deliver you up to the 
councils, and prisons: and in the synagogues shall ye be 
beaten; and bringing you before kings and governors for 
my name's sake; ye shall stand for a testimony against 
them. And it shall be unto you for a testimony. 

And the gospel must first be preached unto all the 
nations. And when they lead you to judgment, and deliver 
you up, Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate 
beforehand how to answer : be not anxious beforehand 
what ye shall speak : for whatsoever shall be given you in 



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that hour, that speak you: for it is not ye that speak, but 
the Holy Ghost: for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, 
which all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand, 
or to gainsay. But then shall many stumble, and shall 
deliver up one another, and shall hate one another. Brother 
shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child : 
and children shall rise up against parents and cause them 
to be put to death. And ye shall be delivered up, even 
by your parents, and brethren, and kins folk, and friends ; 
and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. And 
ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. And not 
a hair of your head shall perish. In your patience ye shall 
win your souls. 

And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead 
many astray. And because iniquity shall be multiplied, 
the love of many shall wax cold. But he that endureth to 
the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the 
kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testi- 
mony to all the nations, and then shall the end come. 

When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, 
which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in 
the holy place, where it ought not (let him that readeth 
understand). But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with 
armies, then know that her desolation is at hand. Then 
let them that are in Judea flee unto the mountains, and let 
them that are in the midst of her depart out; and let not 
them that are in the country enter therein. And let him 
that is on the house top not come down, nor enter in to 
take any of the things out that are in his house : and let 
him that is in the field not return back to take his cloke. 
For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which 
are written may be fulfilled. But woe unto them that are 
with child and to them that give suck in those days! And 
pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on 
the sabbath: For then, those days shall be great tribula- 
tion, such as hath not been from the beginning of the ere- 



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ation of the world which God created until now, no, nor 
ever shall be. And except those days had been shortened 
by the Lord, no flesh could have been saved : but for the 
elect's sake, whom he chose, he shortened those days. For 
there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto 
this people. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, 
and shall be led into captivity in all the nations : and Jeru- 
salem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times 
of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 

And then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the 
Christ, or Lo, there; believe it not. For there shall arise 
false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great 
signs and wonders ; so that they may lead astray, if pos- 
sible, even the elect. But take ye heed: Behold, I have 
told you all things beforehand. If therefore they shall 
say unto you. Behold, he is in the wilderness ; go not forth : 
Behold, he is in the inner chambers: believe it not. For 
as the lightning cometh forth from the east and is seen 
even to the west, so shall be the coming of the Son of man. 
Wheresoever the carcass is, there shall the eagles be gath- 
ered together. 

But in those days, immediately, after the tribulation, 
there shall be signs in the sun, and moon and stars. The 
sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her 
light, and the stars shall be falling from heaven; and there 
shall be upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity 
for the roaring of the sea, and the billows; men fainting 
for fear and for expectation of the things which are 
coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall 
be shaken. Then shall appear the sign of the Son of man 
in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, 
and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of 
heaven with power and great glory. And then shall he 
send forth his angels with a great sound of trumpet, and 
they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, 



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from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part 
of heaven; from one end of heaven to the other. 

But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, 
and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth 
nigh. 

Now from the fig tree learn a parable : and he spake 
to them a parable: Behold, the fig tree, and all the trees: 
when they put forth leaves, ye see it and know yourselves 
that the summer is now nigh. Even so ye also, when ye 
see all these things coming to pass, know ye that the king- 
dom of God is nigh, and know that he is nigh, Even at the 
door. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not 
pass away, till all these things be accomplished. Heaven 
and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass 
away. But of that day or that hour knoweth no one, not 
even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father 
only. And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the com- 
ing of the Son of man. For as in those days which were 
before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying 
and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered 
into the ark, and they knew not until the flood came, and 
took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of 
man. " Then shall two men be in the field; one shall be 
taken and one is left: two women shall be grinding at the 
mill; one is taken and one is left. 

But take ye heed to yourselves, watch and pray, lest 
haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and 
drunkenness, and cares of this life and that day come on 
you suddenly as a snare: for so shall it come upon all them 
that dwell on the face of the earth, for ye know not when 
the time is. It is as when a man, sojourning in another 
country, having left his house, and given authority to his 
servants, to each one his work, commanded also the porter 
to watch. Watch ye therefore, at every season, making 
supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things 
that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man : 



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for ye know not on what day, nor when your Lord cometh : 
whether at even, or at midnight, or at the cock crowing, or 
in the morning; lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 
And what I say unto you, I say unto all. Watch. 

But know this. That if the master of the house had 
known in what watch the thief was coming he would have 
watched and would not have suffered his house to be 
broken through. Therefore be ye also ready; for in an 
hour that ye think not, the Son of man cometh. Who then 
is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set 
over his household, to give them their food in due season? 
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh 
shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, that he will 
set him over all that he hath. But if that evil servant shall 
say in his heart. My lord tarrieth; and shall begin to beat 
his fellow servants and shall eat and drink with the 
drunken ; the Lord of that servant shall come in a day when 
he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and 
shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the 
hypocrites : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 



CHAPTER CXVL 

Conclusion of This Discourse — As to the Second Coming — 

Parable of the Ten Virgins, and of the Talents — 

The Final Judgment. 

On the Mount of Olives. 

Tuesday. 

Matt. 25:1-46. 

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten 
virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet 
the bridegroom. And five of them were foolish, and five 
were wise. For the foolish, when they took their lamps. 



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took no oil with them: but the wise took oil in their vessels 
with their lamps. Now while the bridegroom tarried they 
all slumbered and slept. But at midnight there is a cry, 
Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him. 
Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And 
the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our 
lamps are going out. But the wise answered, saying, Per- 
adventure there will not be enough for us and you. Go ye 
rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And 
while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and 
they that were ready went in with him to the marriage 
feast : and the door was shut. Afterward came also the 
other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he 
answered and said. Verily I say unto you, I know ye not. 
Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour. 

For it is as when a man, going into another country, 
called his own servants and delivered unto them his goods. 
And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, to an- 
other one; to each according to his several ability; and he 
went on his journey. Straightway he that received the five 
talents went and traded with them, and made other five 
talents. And in like manner he also that received the two 
gained other two. But he that received the one went 
away and digged in the earth and hid his lord's money. 
Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh 
and maketh a reckoning with them. And he that received 
the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, 
Lord, thou deliverest unto me five talents; lo, I have 
gained other five talents. His lord said unto him, Well 
done, good and faithful servant : thou hast been faithful 
over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things ; 
enter thou into the joy of thy lord. And he also that re- 
ceived the two talents came and said. Lord, thou deliver- 
edest unto me two talents ; lo, I have gained other two 
talents. His lord said unto him, Well done, good and 
faithful servant, thou hast been faithful over a few things, 



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I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy 
of thy lord. And he also that had received the one talent 
came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, 
reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where 
thou didst not scatter : and I was afraid, and went away 
and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own. 
But his lord answered and said unto him. Thou wicked and 
slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed 
not and gather where I did not scatter ; thou oughtest 
therefore to have put my money to the bankers and at my 
coming I should have received back mine own with in- 
terest. Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and 
give it unto him that hath the ten talents. For unto every- 
one that hath shall be given and he shall have abundance : 
but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall 
be taken away. And cast ye out the unprofitable servant 
into the outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnash- 
ing of teeth. 

But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and 
all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of 
his glory, and before him shall be gathered all the nations, 
and he shall separate them one from another, as the shep- 
herd separateth the sheep from the goats; and he shall set 
the sheep on the right hand, but the goats on the left. Then 
shall the king say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye 
blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for 
you from the foundation of the world : for I was an hun- 
gered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave 
me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and 
ye clothed me : I was sick, and ye visited me : I was in 
prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous 
answer him, saying. Lord, when saw we thee an hungered 
and fed thee? Or athirst, and gave thee drink? And 
when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, 
and clothed thee? And when saw we thee sick, or in 
prison, and came unto thee? And the king shall answer 



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and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, in as much as 
ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, 
ye did it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on 
the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eterftial 
fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels: for I 
was an hungered and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, 
and ye gave me no drink : I was a stranger, and ye took 
me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in 
prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer, 
saying. Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, 
or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not 
minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, 
Verily, I say unto you, In as much as ye did it not unto 
one of these least, ye did it not unto me. And these shall 
go away into eternal punishment : but the righteous into 
eternal life. 



CHAPTER CXVII. 

Jesus Again Predicts, and the Rulers Plot His Death. Mary 

Anoints Him Beforehand for Burial and Judas 

Bargains to Betray Him. 

Bethany and Jerusalem. 
Probably the beginning of Wednesday (our Tuesday after 

sunset). 
Matt. 26:1-16. Mark 14:1-11. Luke 22:1-6. John 12:2-8. 

Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which 
is called the passover. And it came to pass when Jesus 
had finished all these words, he said unto his disciples, 
Ye know that after two days the passover' cometh, and the 
Son of man is delivered up to be crucified. Then were 
gathered the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders 
of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was 
called Caiaphas : and they took counsel together, and 



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sought how they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. 
But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise 
among the people; for they feared the people. 

Now while Jesus was in Bethany, they made him a 
supper there, in the house of Simon the Leper, and Martha 
served ; but Lazarus was one of them that sat at meat with 
him. Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of spike- 
nard, very precious, and as he sat at meat, she came bring- 
ing an alabaster cruise of very costly ointment, and she 
brake the cruise, and she poured it out upon his head as 
he sat at meat. And she anointed the feet of Jesus and 
wiped his feet with her hair : and the house was filled with 
the odor of the ointment. But when the disciples saw it, 
there were some that had indignation among themselves. 
And Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, which should 
betray him, said. To what purpose hath this waste of oint- 
ment been made? For this ointment might have been sold 
for much, even above three hundred pence, and given to 
the poor. Why was not this ointment sold for three hun- 
dred pence and given to the poor? And they murmured 
against her. Now this he said, not that he cared for the 
poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took 
away what was put therein. But Jesus perceiving it said 
unto them. Let her alone. Why trouble ye her? She hath 
wrought a good work on me. For she hath kept this 
against the day of my burying. For ye have the poor 
always with, you, and whensoever ye will ye can do them 
good : but me ye have not always. She hath done what she 
could: for that she poured this ointment upon my body, 
she did it aforehand to prepare me for burial. And verily 
I say unto you. Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached 
throughout the whole Avorld, that also which this woman 
hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. 

Then Satan entered into Judas who was called Is- 
cariot, he being one of the number of the twelve. And he 
went away unto the chief priests and captains, and com- 



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muned with them, how he might deliver him unto them. 
And he said unto them, What are ye willing to give me, 
and I will deliver him unto you? And when they heard 
it they were glad, and they made a covenant with him, and 
promised to give him money. And he consented. And 
they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver. And from 
that time he sought how he might have a convenient oppor- 
tunity to deliver him unto them in the absence of the mul- 
titude. 



CHAPTER CXVIII. 

The Preparation for the Passover Supper, and Contention 
Among the Twelve About Which Should Be Greatest. 

Bethany to Jerusalem. 
Thursday Afternoon (after sunset) and beginning of 

Friday. 
Matt. 26:17-20. Mark 14:12-17. Luke 22-7-16, 24-30. 

And the day of unleavened bread came, on which the 
passover must be sacrificed. 

Now on the day of unleavened bread, when they sac* 
rificed the passover, the disciples came to Jesus, saying 
unto him. Where wilt thou that we go and make ready for 
thee, that thou mayest eat the passover. And he sent two 
of his disciples, Peter and John, and he said unto them. 
Go and make ready for us the passover, that we may eat. 
And they said unto him. Where wilt thou that we make 
ready? And he said unto them, Go into the city, and Be- 
hold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall meet 
you a man, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the 
house wherein he goeth : and wheresoever he shall enter 
in, say unto the good man of the house. The Master saith, 
My time is at hand; I keep the passover at thy house with 



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my disciples. Where is my guest chamber, where I shall 
eat the passover with my disciples? And he will show you 
a large upper room furnished and ready; there make ready 
for us. And the disciples did as he appointed them; they 
went forth, and came into the city, and found as he said 
unto them, and they made ready the passover. And when 
it was evening he cometh with the twelve, and when the 
hour was come he sat down to meat and the twelve apostles 
with him. And he said unto them, With desir'e I have 
desired to eat this passover with you, before I suffered: 
for I say unto you, I will not eat it, until it be fulfilled 
in the kingdom of God. 

And there arose also a contention among them, which 
of them is accounted to be greatest. And he said unto 
them. The kings of the Gentiles have lordships over them; 
and they that have authority over them are called benefac- 
tors. But ye shall not be so : but he that is greatest among 
you, Let him become as the younger ; and he that is chief 
as he that doth serve. For whether is greater. He that 
sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth 
at meat? But I am in the midst of you as he that serveth. 
But ye are they which have continued with me in my 
temptations; and I appoint unto you a kingdom, even as 
my Father appointed unto me, that ye may eat and drink 
at my table in my kingdom ; and ye shall sit on thrones 
judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 



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CHAPTER CXIX. 

During the Passover Meal Jesus Washes the Feet of His 

Disciples. 

Evening before the Crucifixion. 
John 13:1-20. 

Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing 
that his hour was come that he should depart out of this 
world unto the Father, having loved his own which were 
in the world, he loved them unto the end. And during 
supper, the devil having already put into the heart of 
Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, Jesus, knowing 
that the Father had given all things into his hands, and 
that he came forth from God and goeth unto God, riseth 
from supper, and layeth aside his garments ; and he took 
a towel and girded himself. Then he pour'eth water into 
the bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and wipe 
them with the towel wherewith he was girded. So he 
cometh to Simon Peter. He sayeth unto him. Lord, dost 
thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said unto him, 
What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt under- 
stand hereafter. Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never 
wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, 
thou hast no part with me. Simon Peter saith unto him, 
Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. 
Jesus saith to him, He that is bathed needeth not save to 
wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, 
but not all. For he knew him that should betray him; 
therefore said he. Ye are not all clean. 

So when he had washed their feet and taken his gar- 
ments, and sat down again, he said unto them. Know ye 
what I have done to you? Ye call me, Master, and, Lord: 
and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, the Lord and the 
Master, have washed your feet, ye ought to wash one an- 
other's feet. For I have given you an example that ye also 



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should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, a servant is not greater than his lord ; neither 
one that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know 
these things, blessed are ye if ye do them. I speak not of 
you all: I knov^ whom I have chosen: but that the scrip- 
ture may be fulfilled, He that eateth my bread lifteth up 
his heel against me. From henceforth I tell you before it 
comes to pass that when it is come to pass, ye may believe 
that I am he. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that re- 
ceiveth whomsoever I send, receiveth me; and he that 
receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. 



cxx. 

Jesus Foretells That Judas Will Betray Him and Peter 

Will Deny Him. 

Evening before the crucifixion. • 
Matt. 26:21-25, 31-35. Mark 14:18-21, 27-31. Luke 22:21- 
23, 31-38. John 13:21-38. 

When Jesus had thus said. He was troubled in the 
spirit, and as they sat and were eating, he testified, and 
said. Verily, verily, I say unto you. One of you shall be- 
tray me. And behold the hand of him that betrayeth me 
is with me on the table. For the Son of man indeed goeth 
as it hath been determined : but woe unto that man through 
whom he is betrayed ! 

The disciples looked one on another, doubting of 
whom he spake. And they were exceeding sorrowful and 
began to question among themselves, which of them it was 
that should do this thing. And they began to say unto 
him one by one. Is it I, Lord? And he answered and said 
unto them. It is one of the twelve, he that dippeth with 
me in the dish, this same shall betray me. For the Son 
of man goeth even as it is written of him: but woe unto 



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that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed ! Good 
were it for that man if he had not been born. 

There was at the table reclining in Jesus' bosom one 
of his disciples whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter there- 
fore beckoneth to him and said unto him, Tell us of whom 
he speaketh. He leaning back, as he was, on Jesus' breast 
saith unto him. Lord, who is it? Jesus therefore answered, 
He it is for whom I shall dip the sop and give it him. So 
when he had dipped the sop, he taketh and giveth it to 
Judas the son of Simon Iscariot. And Judas which be- 
trayed him, answered and said, Is it I, Rabbi? He saith 
unto him, Thou hast said. 

And after this sop, then entered Satan into him. Jesus 
therefore saith unto him. That thou doest, do quickly. Now 
no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this 
unto him. For some thought because Judas had the bag, 
that Jesus said unto him. Buy what things we have need 
of for the feast : or that he should give something to the 
poor. He then having received the sop, went out straight- 
way and it was night. 

When therefore he had gone out, Jesus saith. Now 
is the Son of man glorified; and God is glorified in him: 
and God shall glorify him in himself; And straightway 
shall he glorify him. Little children, yet a little while 
I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto 
the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come ; so now I say 
unto you. A new commandment I give unto you, that ye 
love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also 
love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are 
my disciples, if ye have love one to another. 

Then Jesus said unto them, All ye shall be offended 
in me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shep- 
herd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. 
Howbeit after I am raised up, I will go before you into 
Galilee. Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest 
thou? Jesus answered, Whither I go, thou canst not fol- 



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low me now; but thou shalt follow afterward. Simon, 
Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you that he might 
sift you as wheat : but I made supplication for thee, that 
thy faith fail not : and do thou, when once thou hast turned 
again, stablish thy brethren. But Peter answered and said 
unto him. Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will 
lay down my life for thee. Although all should be of- 
fended in thee, yet I will never be offended. Jesus saith 
unto him. Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Verily, 
verily, I say unto thee, that thou today even tonight, be- 
fore the cock crow, thou shalt deny me. This night before 
the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. But Peter 
spake exceeding vehemently, and said unto him, Even if I 
must die with thee, yet I will not deny thee. And in like 
manner also said all the disciples. 

And he said unto them, When I sent you forth with- 
out purse, and wallet, and shoes, lacked ye anything? And 
they said, Nothing. And he said unto them, But now, he 
that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet: 
and he that hath none, let him sell his cloke and buy a 
sword, for I say unto you, that this which is written must 
be fulfilled in me, And he was reckoned with the trans- 
gressors: for that which concerneth me hath fulfillment. 
And they said. Lord, behold here are two swords. And 
he said unto them, It is enough. 



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CHAPTER CXXI. 

Jesus Institutes the Memorial Supper, of Eating Bread 

and Drinking Wine. 

Jerusalem. 

Evening before the crucifixion. 

Matt. 26:26-29. Mark 14:22-25. Luke 22:17-20. 

I Cor. II :23-26. 

And he received a cup, and when he had given thanks, 
he said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: for I 
will not drink from henceforth of the fruit of the vine until 
the kingdom of God shall come. 

And as they were eating he took bread, and when he 
had given thanks, he brake it, and gave to his disciples, and 
said. Take ye, eat; this is my body, which is broken for 
you : this do in remembrance of me. In like manner also 
he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave 
to them, and he said unto them. This is my blood in the 
new covenant which is shed for the remission of sins. This 
do, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as 
oft as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye proclaim the 
Lord's death till he come. But verily, I say unto you, I 
will not drink henceforth of the fruit of the vine until 
that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's 
kingdom. 



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CHAPTER CXXII. 

Farewell Discourse to His Disciples. 

Jerusalem. 
John Chapters 14, 15, 16 and 17. 

Let not your heart be troubled : ye believe in God be- 
lieve also in me. In my Father's house are many man- 
sions; if it v^ere not so, I w^ould have told you; for I go 
to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place 
for you, I v^ill come again and v^ill receive you unto my- 
self that where I am there ye may be also. And whither I go, 
ye know the way. Thomas saith unto him. Lord, we know not 
whither thou goest; how know we the way ? Jesus said unto 
him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life : no one cometh 
unto the Father but by me. If ye had known me, ye would 
have known my Father also : from henceforth ye know 
him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, 
show us the Father and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto 
him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou 
not know me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the 
Father; how sayest thou, Shew us the Father? Believest 
thou not that I am in the Father and the Father in me? 
The words that I say unto you I speak not from myself : 
but the Father abiding in me doeth his work. Believe me 
that I am in the Father and the Father in me: or else be- 
lieve me for the very work's sake. Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall 
he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; be- 
cause I go unto the Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask 
in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified 
in the Son. If ye shall ask me anything in my name, that 
will I do. If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments. 
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another 
Comforter, that he may be with you forever, even the 
Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it be- 



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holdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for 
he abideth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave 
you desolate : I come unto you. Yet a little while, and the 
world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I 
live, ye shall live also. In that day ye shall know that I 
am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that hath 
my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth 
me : and he that loveth me, shall be loved of my Father, 
and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him. 
Judas (not Iscariot) saith unto him. Lord, what is come 
to pass, that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not 
unto the world? And Jesus answered and said unto him, 
If a man love me, he will keep my word : and my Father 
will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our 
abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my 
words : and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the 
Father's who sent me. 

These things have I spoken unto you, while yet abid- 
ing with you. But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, 
whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you 
all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said 
unto you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto 
you : not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not 
your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful. Ye heard 
how I said to you, I go away, and I come unto you. If 
ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced, because I go unto 
the Father: for the Father is greater than I. And now I 
have told you before it come to pass, that when it is come 
to pass, ye may believe. I will no more speak much with 
you, for the prince of the world cometh : and he hath noth- 
ing in me ; but that the world may know that I love the 
Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, even so 
I do. Arise, let us go hence. 



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John Fifteenth Chapter. 

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it 
away: and every branch that beareth fruit he cleanseth it, 
that it may bear more fruit. Already ye are clean because 
of the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, 
and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, 
except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye 
abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches : he that 
abidth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: 
for apart from me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not 
in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and 
they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are 
burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, 
ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit: 
and so shall ye be my disciples. Even as the Father hath 
loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love. If 
ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; 
even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide 
in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my 
joy may be in you, and that your joy may be fulfilled. This 
is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I 
have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that 
a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, 
if ye do the things which I command you. No longer do 
I call you servants ; for the servant knoweth not what his 
Lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things 
that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you. 
Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, 
that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should 
abide : that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my 
name, he may give it you. 

These things I command you, that ye may love one 
another. If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath 
hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the 



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world would love its own; but because ye are not of the 
world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the 
world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto 
you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they perse- 
cuted me, they will also persecute you; if they keep my 
word, they will keep yours also. But all these things will 
they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know 
not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto 
them, they had not had sin : but now they have no excuse 
for their sin. He that hateth me, hateth my Father also. 
If I had not done among them the works which none other 
did, they had not had sin : but now have they both seen and 
hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, 
that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, 
They hated me without a cause. But when the Comforter 
is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even 
the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he 
shall bear witness of me: and ye also bear witness, because 
ye have been with me from the beginning. 

John Sixteenth Chapter. 

These things have I spoken unto you that ye should not 
be made to stumble. They shall put you out of the syna- 
gogues : yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you, 
shall think that he offereth service unto God. And these 
things will they do, because they have not known the 
father, nor me. But these things I have spoken unto you, 
that when their hour is come, ye may remember them, how 
that I told you. And these things I said not unto you from 
the beginning, because I was with you. But now I go unto 
him that sent me ; and none of you asketh me, Whither 
goest thou? But because I have spoken these things unto 
you, sorrow hath filled your hearts. Nevertheless I tell 
you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for 
if I go not away the Comforter will not come unto you; 
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is come, will convict the world in respect to sin, and of 
righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they be- 
lieve not on me: of righteousness, because I go to the 
Father, and ye behold me no more; of judgment, because 
the prince of this world hath been judged. I have yet 
many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he shall 
guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from 
himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall 
he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are 
to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall take of mine, 
and shall declare it unto you. All things whatsoever the 
Father hath are mine : therefore said I, that he taketh of 
mine, and shall declare it unto you. A little while, and 
ye behold me no more; and again a little while, and ye 
shall see me. Some of his disciples therefore said one to 
another. What is this that he saith unto us, that a little 
while, and ye behold me not; and again a little while, and 
ye shall see me; and. Because I go to the Father? They 
said therefore. What is this that he saith, A little while? 
We know not what he saith. Jesus perceived that they 
were desirous to ask him, and he said unto them. Do ye 
inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, A 
little while, and ye behold me not; and again a little while, 
and ye shall see me? Verily, verily, I say unto you, that 
ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: ye 
shall be sorrowful, but vour sorrow shall be turned into 
joy. A woman, when she is in travail hath sorrow because 
her hour is come : but when she is delivered of the child, 
she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that 
a man is born into the world. And ye therefore now have 
sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall re- 
joice, and your joy no one taketh away from you. And in 
that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, If ye shall ask anything of the Father, he will 
give it you in my name. Hitherto have ye asked nothing 



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in my name : ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be 
fulfilled. 

These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs : the 
hour cometh when I shall no more speak unto you in 
proverbs, but shall tell you plainly of the Father. In that 
day ye shall ask in my name : and I say not unto you, that 
I will pray the Father for you; for the Father himself 
loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed 
that I came forth from the Father. I came out from the 
Father, and I am come into the world. Again I leave the 
world: and go unto the Father. His disciples say, Lo, now 
speaketh thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now know 
we that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any 
man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest 
forth from God. Jesus answered them, Do ye now be- 
lieve? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is come, that ye shall 
be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me 
alone : and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with 
me. These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye 
may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be 
of good cheer; I have overcome the world. 

John Seventeenth Chapter. * 

These things spake Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to 
heaven, he said. Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, 
that the Son may glorify thee : even as thou gavest him 
authority over all flesh, that whatsoever thou hast given 
him, to them he should give eternal life. And this is life 
eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, 
and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ. I glori- 
fied thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which 
thou hast given me to do. And now, O Father, glorify 
thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had 
with thee before the world was. I manifested thy name 
unto the men whom thou gavest me out of the world : thine 
they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have 



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kept thy word. Now they know that all things whatsoever 
thou hast given me, are from thee : for the words which 
thou hast given me, I have given unto them; and they re- 
ceived them, and knew of a truth that I came forth from 
thee, and they believed that thou didst send me. I pray 
for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom 
thou hath given me ; for they are thine : and all things that 
are mine are thine; and thine are mine; and I am glorified 
in them. And I am no more in the world, and these are 
in the world, and I come to thee* Holy Father, keep them 
in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be 
one, even as we are. While I was with them, I kept them 
in thy name which thou hast given me : and I guarded them, 
and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition: 
that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I come to 
thee : and these things I speak in the world, that they may 
havemy joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them my 
word; and the world hated them, because they are not of 
the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that 
thou shouldst take them from the world, but that thou 
shouldst keep them from the evil one. They are not of 
the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them 
in the truth: thy word is truth. As thou didst send me in 
the world, even so sent I them into the world. And for 
their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also 
may be sanctified in the truth. Neither for these only do 
I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their 
word : that they may all be one ; even as thou, Father, art 
in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us: that the 
world may believe that thou didst send me. And the glory 
which thou hast given me I have given unto them; that they 
may be one, even as we are one ; I in them, and thou in 
me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world 
may know that thou didst send me, and lovest them, even 
as thou lovest me. Father, that which thou hast given me, 
I will, that where I am, they also may be with me; that 



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they may belTold my glory, which thou hast given me : for 
thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. O 
righteous Father, the world knew thee not, but I knew 
thee; and these knew that thou didst send me; and I made 
known unto them thy name, and I will make it known; 
that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, 
and I in them. 



CHAPTER CXXIII. 

Going Forth to Gethsemane, Jesus Suffers Long in Agony, 

In an open garden, between the brook Kedron and the foot 

of the Mount of Olives. 

Late in the night introducing Friday. 

Matt. 26 130, and 36-46. Mark 14 126, and 32-42. 

Luke 22:39-46. John 18:1. 

And when they had sung a hymn, they came out, and 
went, as his custom was, unto the Mount of Olives; his 
disciples also followed him. When Jesus had spoken 
these words, he went forth with his disciples, over the 
brook Kedron unto a place where was a garden called Geth- 
semane, into which he entered, himself and his disciples. 
And he saith unto his disciples. Sit ye here, while I go 
yonder and pray. And he took with him Peter, and the 
two sons of Zebedee, James and John, and began to be 
sorrowful, greatly amazed, and sore troubled. Then saith 
he unto them. My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto 
death: abide ye here, and watch with me. Pray that ye 
enter not into temptation. And he went forward a little, 
and he was departed from them about a stone's cast: and 
he kneeled down, and fell on his face, and prayed, that, if 
it were possible, the hour should pass away from him. And 
he said, O my Father, all things are possible unto thee, 
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be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my 
will, but thine, be done. Not what I will, but what thou 
wilt. And there appeared unto him an angel from heaven, 
strengthening him. And being in an agony he prayed more 
earnestly: and his sweat became as it were great drops of 
blood falling down upon the ground. And when he rose 
up from his prayer, he came unto his disciples, and found 
them sleeping for sorrow, and said unto them, Why 
sleep ye? Rise and pray, that ye enter not into tempta- 
tion. And he saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? What, 
could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, 
that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is will- 
ing, but the flesh is weak. And again the second time, 
he went away and prayed, saying the same words, O my 
Father, if this cannot pass away, except I drink it, thy 
will be done. And again he came, and found them sleep- 
ing, for their eyes were very heavy; and they wist not 
what to answer him. And he left them again, and went 
away, and prayed a third time, saying again the same 
words. And he then cometh the third time to his disciples, 
and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it. 
is enough: behold the hour is at hand; it is now come, and 
behold the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sin- 
ners. Arise, let us be going: behold, he that betrayeth 
me is at hand. 



CHAPTER CXXIV. 

Jesus Is Betrayed, Arrested and Forsaken. 

Garden of Gethsemane. Friday, long before dawn. 
Matt. 26:47-56. Mark 14:43-52. Luke 22:47-53. John 18:2-12. 

Now Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: 
for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. And 
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he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before 
them, for Judas had received a band of soldiers, and offi- 
cers, from the chief priests and the Pharisees, and tht 
elders of the people cometh thither with lanterns and 
staves and swords. Jesus therefore knowing all the things 
that were coming upon him, went forth and saith unto 
them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of 
Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas 
also, which betrayed him, was standing with them. When 
therefore he said unto them, I am he, they went back- 
ward, and fell to the ground. Again therefore he asked 
them. Whom seek ye? They said, Jesus of Nazareth. 
Jesus answered, I told you that I am he: if therefore ye 
seek me, let these go their way: that the word might be 
fulfilled which he spake. Of those whom thou hast given 
me I lost not one. 

Now he that betrayed him had given them a sign, say- 
ing, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he: take him, and 
lead him away safely. And when he was come, straight- 
way he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Rabbi : and kissed 
him. But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the 
Son of man with a kiss? And Jesus said unto him. Friend, 
do that for which thou art come. So the band, and the 
chief captain, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus, 
and took him, and bound him. And when they that were 
about him saw what would follow, they said, Lord, shall 
we smite with the sword? And behold a certain one of 
them that were with Jesus, Simon Peter, therefore, hav- 
ing a sword, drew it and smote the servant of the high 
priest, and cut off his right ear. Now the servant's name 
was Malchus. And Jesus said, Suffer ye thus far. And 
he touched his ear, and healed him. 

Then Jesus said unto Peter, Put up the sword again 
into his place, for they that take the sword shall perish 
with the sword. The cup which the Father hath given 
me, shall I not drink it? Or thinkest thou that I cannot 
beseech my Father, and he shall even now send me more 



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than twelve legions of angels? How then should the 
scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be? And in that 
hour Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains, of 
the temple, and the elders of the people, the multitudes 
which were come against him, Are ye come out as against 
a robber, with swords and staves to seize me? When I 
was with you daily and sat daily in the temple teaching, 
ye stretched not forth your hand against me, and ye took 
me not, but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. 
But all this is come to pass that the scriptures of the 
prophets might be fulfilled. And then they all, even all 
the disciples, left him and fled. 

And a certain young man followed with him, having 
a linen cloth cast about him, over his naked body : and 
they lay hold on him- but he left the linen cloth and fled 
naked. 



CHAPTER CXXV. 

Jesus First Examined by Annas, the Ex-High Priest, 

Friday before dawn. 
John 18:12-14, 19-23. 

So the band and the chief captain, and the officers of 
the Jews, seized Jesus, and bound him, and led him to 
Annas first, for he was the father-in-law to Caiaphas, 
which was high priest that year. Now Caiaphas was he 
which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that 
one man should die for the people. 

The high priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples, 
and of his teaching. Jesus answered him, I have spoken 
openly to the world ; I ever taught in synagogues, and in the 
temple, where all the Jews come together; and in secret 
spake I nothing. Why askest thou me? Ask them that 
have heard me, what I spake unto them : behold, these 



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know the things which I said. And when he had said this, 
one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, 
saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? Jesus an- 
swered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil ; 
but if well, why smitest thou me? 



CHAPTER CXXVI. 

Tried and Condemned by Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin. 

Residence of the high priest Caiaphas. Before dawn on 

Friday. 
Matt. 26:57, 59-68. Mark 14:53, 55-65. Luke 22:54, 63-65. 

John 18:24. 

Annas therefore sent him bound unto Caiaphas, and 
they that had seized him, led him away unto Caiaphas, the 
high priest, and brought him into the priest's house, and 
there came together with him all the chief priests, and 
the elders, and scribes, where they were gathered together. 

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought 
false witness against Jesus that they might put him to 
death : and they found it not, though many false witnesses 
came. For their witness against him agreed not together. 
But afterward there came certain two, and stood up 
and bare false witness against him, saying, We heard this 
man say, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to 
build it in three days. This man said, I will destroy this 
temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will 
build another made without hands. And not even so did 
their witness agree together. And the high priest stood 
up in the midst of them and asked Jesus, saying, Answer- 
est thou nothing? What is it which these witness against 
thee? But he held his peace, and answered nothing. And 
again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, I 
adjure thee, by the living God, that thou tell us, Art thou 



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the Christ the Son of God, the Blessed? And Jesus said 
unto him, Thou hast said; I am: nevertheless I say unto 
you, Henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the 
right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. 
Then the high priest rent his garment, and said, He hath 
spoken blasphemy: what further need have we of wit- 
nesses? Behold, now ye have heard the blasphemy: What 
think ye? And they all condemned him, and said. He 
is worthy of death. Then some began to spit on him; and 
they did spit in his face, and buffeted him, And the men 
that held Jesus mocked him and beat him. And they 
covered his face, and blindfolded him; and some of the 
officers smote him blows, with the palms of their hands, 
and asked him, saying. Prophesy unto us, thou Christ; 
who is he that struck thee? And many other things spake 
they against him, reviling him. 



CHAPTER CXXVII. 

Peter Thrice Denies His Lord. 

Court of the high priest's residence, during the series of 

trials. 

Friday before and about dawn. 

Matt. 26:58, 69-75. Mark 14:54, 66-72. Luke 22:54-62. 

John 18:15-18, 25-27. 

And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another 
disciple. But Peter followed afar off. Now that disciple 
was known unto the high priest and entered in with Jesus 
into the court of the high priest: but Peter was standing 
at the door without. So the other disciple which was 
known unto the high priest, went out and spake unto her 
that kept the door, and brought in Peter, even within, 
into the court of the high priest, and he entered in. The 
maid therefore that kept the door, saith unto Peter, Art 



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thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not. 
Now the servant and the officers were standing there, 
having made a fire of coals, for it was cold; and they were 
warming themselves : and Peter also was with them, stand- 
ing, warming himself. They said therefore unto him. Art 
thou one of his disciples? And he denied and said, I am 
not. And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of 
the court, and sat down together, Simon Peter sat in the 
midst of them. And he sat with the officers to see the 
end. Now Peter was beneath in the court and was sitting, 
warming himself in the light of the fire. There cometh a 
certain maid of the high priest, and seeing him as he sat 
in the light, she looked steadfastly upon him, and said, 
This man also was with him. Then she said to him. Thou 
also wast with Jesus the Galilean. But he denied before 
them all, saying. Woman, I know him not. I neither know, 
nor understand, what thou sayest : and he went out into 
the court and the cock crew. 

And when he was gone out into the court, after a little 
while another maid saw him, and saith unto them that 
were there. This man also was with Jesus the Nazarene ; 
and again saith to him. Thou art also one of them. And 
again he denied with an oath, I know not the man. And 
in about the space of one hour, they that stood by came 
and said to Peter, Of a truth thou art one of them: thou 
art a Galilean, for thy speech bewrayeth thee. Then began 
Peter to curse and to swear, I know not the man. One 
of the servants of the high priest, being a kinsman of 
him whose ear Peter cut off, confidently affirmed, saying, 
Of a truth thou art one of them. Did I not see thee in 
the garden with him? But Peter therefore denied again: 
and immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. And 
the Lord turned and looked upon Peter. And Peter called 
to mind the word of the Lord, and he remembered how 
that Jesus said unto him. Before the cock crow twice this 



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day, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he thought thereon, 
and he went out and wept bitterly. 



CHAPTER CXXVIII. 

After Dawn, Jesus Is Formally Condemned by the San- 
hedrin, and Led Away to Pilate. 

Friday. 
Matt. 27-1-2. Mark 15:1. Luke 22:66-71, 23:1. John 18-28. 

Now when morning was come, as soon as it was day, 
straightway all the assembly of the chief priests, and the 
scribes, and the elders of the people, and the whole council 
held a consultation and took counsel against Jesus, to put 
him to death. And they led him away into their council, 
saying. If thou art the Christ, tell us. But he said unto 
them. If I tell you, ye will not believe: and if I ask you, 
ye will not answer. But from henceforth shall the Son 
of man be seated on the right hand of the power of God. 
And thev all said. Art thou then the Son of God? He 
said unto them. Ye say that I am. And they said. What 
further need have we of witness? For we ourselves have 
heard from his own mouth. And the whole company rose 
up, and they bound Jesus, and led him away from Caiaphas, 
and brought him into the palace ; and it was early, and 
they delivered him up to Pilate the governor. 



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CHAPTER CXXIV. 

The Remorse and Suicide of Judas the Betrayer. 

In the temple, and in a place without the walls of 
v^ Jerusalem. 

■ Friday morning. 

Matt. 27:3-10. Acts 1:18, 19. 

Then Judas, which betrayed him, when he saw that 
he was condemned, repented himself, and brought back the 
thirty pieces of silver, to the chief priests and elders, say- 
ing, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But 
they said. What is that to us? See thou to it. And he cast 
down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary and departed; 
and he went away and hanged himself ; and falling head- 
long, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels 
gushed out. And the chief priests took up the pieces of 
silver and said. It is unlawful to put them into the treas- 
ury since it is the price of blood. And they took counsel 
and bought with them the potter's field to bury strangers 
in. And it became known to all the dwellers at Jerusa- 
lem: in so much that in their language that field was 
called Akeldama, that is. The field of blood. Wherefore 
that field was called. The field of blood unto this day. 
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the 
prophet, saying. And they took the thirty pieces of silver, 
the price of him that was priced, whom certain of the 
children of Israel did price: and they gave them for the 
potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. 



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CHAPTER CXXX. 

Jesus Before Pilate the First Time. 

Jerusalem. Friday, early morning. 
Matt. 27-1 1-14. Mark 15:2-5. Luke 23-2-5. John 18:28-38. 

And they themselves entered not into the palace, that 
they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover. 
Pilate therefore went out unto them, and saith, What ac- 
cusation bring ye against the man? And they began to 
accuse him, and they answered and said unto him. If this 
man were not an evil doer we should not have delivered 
him up unto thee. We found this man perverting our 
nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying 
that he himself is Christ a king. Pilate therefore said 
unto them. Take him yourselves and judge him accord- 
ing to your law. The Jews said unto him. It is not law- 
ful for us to put any man to death : that the word of Jesus 
might be fulfilled, when he spake signifying by what man- 
ner of death he should die. 

Pilate therefore entered again into the palace and 
called Jesus. Now Jesus stood before the governor: and 
Pilate, the governor, asked him, saying. Art thou the 
King of the Jews? Jesus answered him and said, Thou 
sayest. And Jesus said unto him, Sayest thou this of thy- 
self or did others tell it thee concerning me? Pilate 
answered. Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief 
priests delivered thee unto me. What hast thou done? 
Jesus answered. My kingdom is not of this world: if my 
kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight 
that I should not be delivered to the Jews : but now is my 
kingdom not from hence. Pilate therefore said unto him, 
Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that 
I am a king. To this end was I born, and to this end 
am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto 



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the truth. Everyone that is of the truth heareth my voice. 
Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had 
said this, he v^ent out again unto the Jevv^s, and said unto 
the chief priests and the multitudes, I find no crime or fault 
in this man. 

And the chief priests accused him of many things. 
And vv^hen he was accused by the chief priests and elders, 
he answered nothing. Then Pilate asked him, saying, 
Hearest thou not how many things they witness against 
thee? Answerest thou nothing? Behold how many things 
they accuse thee of. But Jesus gave him no answer, not 
even to one word: and he no more answered anything: in 
so much that Pilate, the governor, marveled greatly. But 
they were the more urgent, saying. He stirreth up the 
people, teaching through all Judea, and beginning from 
Galilee even unto the palace. 



CHAPTER CXXXI. 

Jesus Before Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch, 

Jerusalem, Friday, early morning. 
Luke 23:6-12. 

But when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man 
were a Galilean. And when he knew that he was of 
Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him unto Herod, who him- 
self also was at Jerusalem in these days. 

Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad : 
for he was of a long time desirous to see him, because he 
had heard concerning him; and he hoped to see some 
miracle done by him. And he questioned him in many 
words, but he answered him nothing. And the chief priests 
and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him. And 
Herod with his soldiers set him at nought, and mocked 
him, and arraying him in gorgeous apparel sent him back 



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to Pilate. And Herod and Pilate became friends with 
each other that very day : for before they were at enmity 
between themselves. 



CHAPTER CXXXII. 

Brought Back to Pilate, Who Slowly and Reluctantly 
Consents That He Shall Be Crucified. 

Friday toward sun rise (John 19:14). 

Matt. 27:15-30. Mark 15:6-19. Luke 23:13-25. 

John 18:39, 40^ 19:1-16. 

Now at the feast the governor was used to release 
unto the multitude one prisoner whom they would ask of 
him. And they had then one notable prisoner there called 
Barabbas, lying bound with them that had made insur- 
rection, had committed murder. And the multitude went 
up and began to ask him to do as he was wont to do unto 
them. And Pilate called together the chief priests and the 
rulers of the people, and said unto them. Ye brought unto me 
this man as one that perverteth the people, and behold, I 
having examined him before you, found no fault in this 
man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: no nor 
yet Herod, for he sent him back unto us ; and behold, 
nothing worthy of death hath been done by him. But ye 
have a custom, that I release unto you one at the pass- 
over. I will chastise him and release him. When there- 
fore they were gathered together, Pilate answered them 
and said, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the 
Jews? Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, 
or Jesus which is called Christ? For he perceived that for 
envy the chief priests had delivered him up. And while 
he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto 
him, saying. Have thou nothing to do with that righteous 
man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream 



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because of him. But now the chief priests and the elders 
stirred up the multitude and persuaded them, that they 
should ask that he" should rather release Barabbas unto 
them and destroy Jesus. But the governor answered and 
said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I re- 
lease unto you?. And they said, Barabbas. They again 
cried out all together, saying, Away with this man, release 
not this man unto us, but release unto us Barabbas. Now 
Barabbas was a robber. One who for a certain insurrec- 
tion made in the city and for murder, was cast into prison. 
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. 
And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on 
his head, and arrayed him in a purple garment; and they 
came unto him, and said. Hail, King of the Jews ! And 
they struck him with their hands. And Pilate went out 
again unto them and saith unto them. Behold, I bring him 
out to you, that ye may know I find no crime in him. 
Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns, 
and the purple garment. And Pilate spake unto them 
again, desiring to release Jesus: and he said. Behold the 
man! What then shall I do with Jesus who is called 
Christ, the King of the Jews? And when the chief priests 
and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying. Let him 
be crucified; and they all shouted out, Crucify him, crucify 
him. And Pilate said unto them. Why, what evil hath he 
done? For I find no crime, nor cause of death in him. 
But they cried out exceedingly, saying, Let him be cruci- 
fied. Pilate saith unto them. Take him yourselves, and 
crucify him, for I find no crime in him. The Jews 
answered him. We have a law, and by that law he ought 
to die, because he made himself the Son of God. When 
Pilate therefore heard this saying, he was the more afraid ; 
and he entered into the palace again, and saith unto Jesus, 
Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. Pilate 
therefore saith unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? 
Knowest thou not that I have power to release thee, and 
have power to crucify thee? Jesus answered him. Thou 



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wouldest have no power against me, except it were given 
thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee 
hath greater sin. 

Upon this Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews 
cried out, saying, If thou release this man, thou art not 
Caesar's friend: everyone that maketh himself a king 
speaketh against Caesar. When Pilate therefore heard 
these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the 
judgment seat at a place called. The Pavement, but in 
Hebrew, Gabbatha. Now it was the preparation of the 
passover : it was about the sixth hour. And he saith unto 
the Jews, Behold, your King! But they were insistent 
with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. They 
therefore cried out, Away with him, away with him, cru- 
cify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them. Shall I 
crucify your King? The chief priests answered. We have 
no king but Caesar. And their voices prevailed. 

So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but 
rather a tumult was raising, he took water, and washed 
his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of 
the blood of this righteous man : see ye to it. And all the 
people answered and said, His blood be on us, and on our 
children. And Pilate wishing to content the multitude, 
gave sentence that what they asked for should be done. 
Then he released unto them Barabbas who for insurrection 
and murder had been cast into prison, whom they asked 
for: and then he scourged Jesus and delivered him unto 
them to be crucified. 

And then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus and 
led him away into the palace court, which is the Praeto- 
rium; and they called together the whole band. And the 
whole band gathered unto him. And they stripped him, 
and put on him a scarlet robe, and they clothed him with 
purple, and they plaited a crown of thorns and put it 
upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they 
mocked him, and began to salute him, saying. Hail, King 



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of the Jews ! And they did spit upon him, and they took 
the reed and smote him on the head, and bowing their 
knees worshipped him. 



CHAPTER CXXXIII. 

The Crucifixion. 

Outside of Jerusalem, Friday. 

He Is Led Out to Golgotha. 

Matt. 27:31-34. Mark 15:20-23. Luke 23:26-33. 

John 19:16, 17. 

And when they had mocked him, they took off from 
him the purple robe, and put on him his garme-nt. They 
took Jesus therefore, and led him away to crucify him. 
And he went out, bearing the cross for himself. 

And when they led him away, as they came out, they 
found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, who was passing 
by, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and 
Rufus. They laid hold upon him, and laid on him the 
cross, and compelled him to bear it after Jesus. 

And there followed him a great multitude of people, 
and of women who bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus 
turning unto them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep 
not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your chil- 
dren. For behold, the days are coming, in which they 
shall say. Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never 
bear, and the breasts that never gave suck. Then shall they 
begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us ; ai*-d to the hills, 
Cover us. For if they do these things in the green tree, 
what shall be done in the dry? 

And there were also two others, malefactors, led with 
him to be put to death. 

And they bring him unto a place that is called in He- 
brew, Golgotha; that is to say, the place of a skull. And 



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when they were come unto Golgotha, they gave him wine 
to drink, mingled with myrrh, gall ; but when he had 
tasted it, he received it not, and would not drink. 

He Is Crucified. Many Revile. v ] 

His three sayings during the first three hours. r 

Matt. 27:35-44. Mark 15:24-32. Luke 23:33-43. 
John 19:18-27. 

And it was the third hour, and they crucified him 
there. 

Then they crucified with him two robbers, one on the 
right hand and the other on the left, and Jesus in the midst. 
And Jesus said. Father, forgive them; for they know not 
what they do. 

And when the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took 
his garments, and parted his garments among them, and 
made four parts to every soldier a part, casting lots upon 
them what each should take. And they sat and watched 
him there. And they took his coat : now the coat was 
without seam, woven from top to bottom throughout. They 
said therefore one to another, Let us not rend it, but cast 
lots for it whose it shall be : that the scriptures might be 
fulfilled, which saith. They parted my garments among 
them, And upon my vesture did they cast lots. 

These things therefore the soldiers did. And Pilate 
wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. And they set 
up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS 
OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. This 
title and superscription therefore read many of the Jews : 
for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the 
city; and it was written in Hebrew, and in Greek, and 
in Latin. The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to 
Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews : but that he 
said, I am the King of the Jews. Pilate answered, What I 
have written I have written. But there were standing by 



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the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary 
the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus 
therefore saw his mother and the disciple standing by, 
whom he loved, he saith unto his mother. Woman, behold 
thy son! Then saith he to his disciple. Behold, thy 
mother! And from that hour^ the disciple took her unto 
his own home. 

And the people stood beholding. And they that 
passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, 
Ha! thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in 
three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come 
down from the cross. And in like manner also the chief 
priests and the rulers scoffed at him, and mocking him 
among themselves, the scribes and elders said, He saved 
others, himself he cannot save. 

He is the King of Israel: li this is the Christ of God, 
his chosen, let him now come down from the cross, and 
we will believe on him. He trusted in God ; let him deliver 
him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of 
God. And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, 
offered him vinegar, and saying, H thou art the King of 
the Jews, save thyself. And the robbers also that were 
crucified with him, cast upon him the same reproach. 

And one of the malefactors which were hanged, railed 
on him, saying. Art not thou the Christ? Save thyself and 
us. But the other answered and rebuking him, said, Dost 
thou not even fear God, seeing thou art in the same condem- 
nation? And we indeed justly; for we received the due re- 
ward of our deeds : but this man hath done nothing amiss. 
And he said, Jesus, remember me when thou comest into 
thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him. Verily I say unto 
thee, Today shalt thou be with me in Paradise. 



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Darkness for Three Hours. After Four More Sayings, 
He Expires. Strange Events Attending His Death. 

Matt. 27:45-56. Mark 15:33-41. Luke 23:44-49. 
John 19:28-30. 

And it was about the sixth hour. And at the sixth 
hour a darkness came over all the land, the sun's light fail- 
ing. And there was darkness over the whole land until 
the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a 
loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama, sabachthani? That is 
to say, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou 
forsaken me? 

And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, 
said, This man calleth Elijah. 

After this Jesus, knowing that all things are now fin- 
ished, that the scriptures might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. 
There was set there a vessel full of vinegar and straight- 
way one ran and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, 
and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. So it was 
they put a sponge full of vinegar upon hyssop, and brought 
it to his mouth. And the rest said. Let be; let us see 
whether Elijah cometh to take him down, to save him. 

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, and 
had cried again with a loud voice, he said. It is finished: 
Father, into thy hands, I commend my spirit: and having 
said this, he bowed his head, and yielded up his spirit, 
he gave up the ghost. 

And behold, the vail of the temple was rent in twain 
in the midst, from the top to the bottom; and the earth did 
quake; and the rocks were rent; and the tombs were 
opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen 
asleep were raised; and coming forth out of the tomb 
after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and 
appeared unto many. Now when the centurion and they 
that were with him, stood by over against him, watching 
Jesus, saw that he gave up the ghost; and when they saw 



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the earth quake, and the things that were done, they feared 
exceedingly; and glorified God, saying, This was a right- 
eous man. Truly this man was the Son of God. And all 
the multitudes that came together to this sight, when they 
beheld the things that were done, returned smiting their 
breasts. And his acquaintance, and many women were 
there beholding from afar, which had followed with Jesus 
from Galilee, ministering unto him: among whom were 
both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the 
Less, and Joses, and Salome, the mother of the sons of 
Zebedee : and many other women which came up with him 
unto Jerusalem. 

Found to Be Dead, He Is Buried. A Guard Is Set Over 

the Tomb. 

Matt. 2y:c^y-66. Mark 15:42-47. Luke 23:50-56. 
John 19:31-42. 

The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, 
that the body should not remain on the cross upon the 
sabbath (for the day of that sabbath was the high day), 
asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that 
they might be taken away. The soldiers therefore came 
and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was 
crucified with him: but when they came to Jesus, and saw 
that he was dead already, they brake not his legs ; howbeit 
one of the soldiers with a spear, pierced his side, and 
straightway there came out blood and water. And he that 
hath seen hath borne witness, and his witness is true: and 
he knoweth that he saith true, that ye also may believe. 
For these things came to pass, that the scripture might 
be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. And again 
another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they 
pierced. 

And when even was now come, because it was the 
preparation, that is the day before the sabbath behold a 



244 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

man named Joseph, from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, 
who was a good man, and righteous, he was also a coun- 
cillor, and a rich man of honorable estate, who also him- 
self was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the 
Jews, he also himself was looking for the kingdom 
of God: this man boldly went to Pilate and asked 
for the body of Jesus, that he might take the 
body away. And Pilate marvelled if he were already 
dead : and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him 
whether he had been any while dead. And when he 
learned it of the centurion, he granted the corpse 
to Joseph. Then Pilate. gave him leave, and commanded it 
to be given up. Joseph came therefore and took away his 
body. And there came also Nicodemus, he who at the first 
came to Jesus by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and 
aloes, about a hundred pound weight. And so they took 
the body of Jesus, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 
and bound it in linen cloths with spices, as the custom of 
the Jews is to bury. Now in the place where he was cruci- 
fied, there was a garden ; and in the garden a new tomb 
wherein was never man yet laid. There then they laid, 
the body of Jesus in Joseph's own ncAv tomb, which he 
had hewn out in a rock, and they rolled a great stone 
against the door of the tomb, and departed. For it was 
the day of the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. 

And the women which had come with him out of Gali- 
lee, followed after, and beheld where he was laid, and 
beheld the tomb, and how the body was laid. And Mary 
Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting over 
against the sepulcher. 

And they returned, and prepared spices and oint- 
ments. 

And on the sabbath they rested according to the com- 
mandment. 

Now on the morrow, which is the day after the prep- 
aration, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered 



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together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember that that 
deceiver said, while he was yet alive. After three days I 
rise again. Command therefore that the sepulcher be made 
sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and 
steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from 
the dead : and the last error will be worse than the first. 
Pilate said unto them. Ye have a guard: go your way, 
make it as sure as ye can. So they went and made the 
sepulcher sure, sealing the stone, the guard being with 
them. 



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PART EIGHT 

OUR LORD'S RESURRECTION, APPEARANCES 

AND ASCENSION. 

Judea and Galilee, Forty days. Probably Spring of A. D. 30. 

CHAPTER CXXXIV. 

Angels Announce to Two Certain Women That Jesus Is 
Risen, and Peter and John Enter the Empty Tomb. 

Golgotha. First Day of the Week. Very early. 
Matt. 28:1-8. Mark 16:1-8. Luke 24:1-8. John 20:1-10. 

Now late on the sabbath day as it began to dawn to- 
ward the first day of the week, and when the sabbath was 
past, but very early on the first day of the week, at early 
dawn, while it was yet dark; came Mary Magdalene and 
Mary the mother of James, and Salome to the sepulcher; 
bringing the spices which they had prepared, that they 
might come and anoint him. 

And behold, there was an earthquake ; for an angel of 
the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled 
away the stone, and sat upon it. His appearance was as 
lightning and his raiment white as snow: and for fear of 
him the watchers did quake, and become as dead men. 

And very early on the first day of the week, when 
the sun was risen, they come to the tomb. And they were 
saying among themselves. Who shall roll us away the 
stone from the door of the tomb? And looking up, they 
see that the stone is rolled back: for it was exceeding 
great. And finding the stone rolled away from the tomb, 
they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord. 



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And it came to pass while they were perplexed there- 
about, they saw a young man, sitting on the right side, 
arrayed in a white robe; and they were amazed. And the 
angel answered and said unto the women. Be not amazed, 
Fear not ye : for I know that ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, 
which hath been crucified. He is not here; for he is 
risen, even as he said. Come see the place where the Lord 
lay. Behold two men stood by them in dazzling apparel : 
and they were affrighted, and bowed down their faces to 
the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living 
among the dead? He is not here but is risen: remember 
how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, saying 
that the Son of man must be delivered up into the hands 
of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise 
again. And they remembered his words. Go quickly, and 
tell his disciples and Peter, He is risen from the dead : 
and lo, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see 
him, even as he said unto you. And they departed quickly, 
and fled from the tomb, with fear and great joy; for trem- 
bling and astonishment had come upon them; and they 
said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid. And they 
ran to bring his disciples word. Mary Magdalene runneth 
therefore, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other 
disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They 
have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we know 
not where they have laid him. Peter therefore went forth, 
and the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb. 
And they ran both together ; and the other disciple outran 
Peter and came first to the tomb; and stooping, and look- 
ing in, he seeth the linen cloths lying; yet entered he not 
in. Simon Peter therefore also cometh, following him, 
and entered into the tomb; and he beholdeth the linen 
cloths lying, and the napkin, that was upon his head, not 
lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by 
itself. Then entered in therefore the other disciple also, 
which came first to the tomb, and he saw, and believed. 



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■For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise 
again from the dead. So the disciples went away again 
unto their own homes. 

{Five appearances are given as occurring on the day of his 
resurrection, and five subsequently during the forty days.) 



CHAPTER CXXXV. 

The Risen Lord Appears to the Women, and Separately to 
Mary Magdalene, These Report to the Apostles. 

Jerusalem. First day of the week. Sunday. 
Matt. 28:9-10. Mark 16:9-11. Luke 24:9-11. John 20:11-18. 

And they remembered his words, and returned from 
the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven, and all 
the rest. Now they were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, 
and Mary the mother of James : and the other women 
with them told these things unto the Apostles. And these 
words appeared in their sight as idle talk; and they dis- 
believed them. Now when Jesus was risen early on the 
first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magda- 
lene from whom he had cast out seven devils. Mary was 
standing without the tomb weeping: so, as she wept, she 
stooped and looked into the tomb; and she beholdeth two 
angels in white sitting, one at the head, and one at the 
feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And they say 
unto her. Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto 
them. Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know 
not where they have laid him. When she had thus said, 
she turned herself back, and beholdeth Jesus standing, 
and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, 
Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? She, 
supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if 
thou hast borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid 
him, and I will take him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. 



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She turned herself, and saith unto him in Hebrew, Rab- 
boni ; which is to say, Master. Jesus saith to her. Touch 
me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father, but go 
unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my 
Father, and your Father, and my God, and your God. And 
Mary Magdalene went and told them that had been with 
him, as they mourned and wept. When she cometh to 
the disciples, she telleth them, I have seen the Lord; and 
how that he had said these things unto her. And they, 
when they heard that he was alive and had been seen of 
her, disbelieved. 

And behold, Jesus met them, saying. All hail. And 
they came and took hold of his feet, and worshipped him. 
Then Jesus said unto them. Fear not: go tell my brethren, 
that they depart into Galilee, and there shall they see me. 



CHAPTER CXXXVI. 

Some of the Guards Report to the Jewish Rulers. 

Matt. 28:11-15. 

Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard 
came into the city and told unto the chief priests all the 
things that were come to pass. And when they were as- 
sembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they 
gave large money unto the soldiers, saying. Say ye, His 
disciples came by night, and stole him away while we 
slept. And if this come to the governor's ears, we will 
persuade him, and rid you of care. So they took the 
money, and did as they were taught: and this saying was 
spread abroad among the Jews, and continueth until this 
day. 



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CHAPTER CXXXVII. 

Jesus Appears to Simon Peter, and to Two Disciples on 

the Way to Emmaus. 

First day of the week, afternoon. 
Mark 16:12, 13. Luke 24:13-35. 

And after these things he was manifested in another 
form unto two of them as they walked on their way into 
the country. And they went their way and told it unto the 
rest: neither believed they them. 

And behold, two of them were going that very day 
to a village named Emmaus, which was three score fur- 
longs from Jerusalem. And they communed with each 
other of all these things which had happened. And it 
came to pass, while they communed and questioned to- 
gether, that Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. 
But their eyes were holden that they should not know 
him. And he said unto them, What communications are 
these that ye have one with another as ye walk? And 
they stood still, looking sad. And one of them, named 
Cleopas, answering, said unto him, Dost thou alone so- 
journ in Jerusalem and not know the things which are 
come to pass there in these days? And he saith unto them, 
What things? And they said unto him, The things con- 
cerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty 
in deed and word before God and all the people: and 
how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up 
to be condemned to death, and crucified him. But we 
hoped that it was he which should redeem Israel. Yea 
and beside all this, it is now the third day since these 
things came to pass. Moreover certain women of our com- 
pany amazed us, having been early at the tomb; and when 
they found not his body, they came, saying that they had 
also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. 
And certain of them that were with us went to the tomb. 



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and found it even so as the women had said ; but him 
they saw not. And he said unto them, O foolish men, 
and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have 
spoken! Behoved it not the Christ to suffer these things, 
and to enter into his glory? And beginning from Moses 
and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all 
the scriptures the things concerning himself. And they 
drew nigh unto the village, whither they were going: and 
he made as though he would go further. And they con- 
strained him, saying. Abide with us : for it is toward even- 
ing, and the day is now far spent. And he went in to abide 
with them. And it came to pass when he had sat down 
with them to meat, he took the bread and blessed it, and 
brake, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened, 
and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. 
And they said one to another. Was not our heart burning 
within us, while he spake to us in the way, while he opened 
to us the scriptures? 

And they rose up that very hour, and returned to Jeru- 
salem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them 
that were with them, saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and 
hath appeared to Simon. And they rehearsed the things 
that happened in the way, and how he was known to them 
in the breaking of the bread. 



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CHAPTER CXXXVIII. 

He Appears to the Apostles (Except Thomas), to the Two 

Returned From Emmaus, and Others, and Gives 

a Commission. 

Jerusalem, First day of the week. Evening. 
Mark 16:14. Luke 24:36-43. John 20:19-25. 

And afterward, as they spake these things, he was 
manifested unto the eleven themselves, as they sat at meat. 
When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day 
of the week, and when the doors were shut where the dis- 
ciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in 
the midst of them, and saith unto them. Peace, be unto you. 
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that 
they beheld a spirit. And he upbraided them with their 
unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not 
them which had seen him after he was risen. And he said 
unto them. Why are ye troubled? And wherefore do rea- 
sonings arise in your hearts? See my hands and my feet, 
that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit hath 
not flesh and bones, as ye behold me having. And when 
he had said this, he shewed them his hands and his feet; 
and shewed unto them his side. And while they still 
disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, 
Have ye here anything to eat? And they gave him a piece 
of broiled fish. And he took it, and did eat before them. 

The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw 
the Lord. Jesus therefore said to them again. Peace be 
unto you : as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 
And when he had said this, He breathed on them, and 
saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost : whosesoever 
sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whosesoever 
sins ye retain, they are retained. 

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was 



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not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples 
therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he 
said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print 
of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, 
and put my hand into his side, I will not believe. 



CHAPTER CXXXIX. 

He Appears Again to the Disciples, Including Thomas. 

Jerusalem, a week later than the resurrection. 
John 20:26-31. 

And after eight days again his disciples were within 
and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being 
shut, and stood in the midst, and said. Peace be unto you. 
Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and see 
my hands ; and reach hither thy hand, and put it into my 
side : and be not faithless, but believing. Thomas answered 
and said unto him. My Lord and my God. Jesus saith 
unto him. Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed : 
blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. 

Many other signs therefore did Jesus in the presence 
of the disciples, which are not written in this book: but 
these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the 
Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have 
life in his name. 



CHAPTER CXL. 

He Appears to Seven Disciples Beside the Sea of Galilee. 

John 21 :i-25. 

After these things Jesus manifested himself again 
to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias; and he manifested 



254 THE NEW TESTAMENT LIFE OF CHRIST. 

himself on this wise. There were together Simon Peter, 
and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathaniel of Cana in 
Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his 
disciples. Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. 
They say unto him. We also come with thee. They went 
forth, and entered into a boat; and that night they took 
nothing. But when day was now breaking, Jesus stood 
on the beach; howbeit the disciples knew not that it was 
Jesus. Jesus therefore said unto them, Children, have 
ye aught to eat? They answered him, No. And he said 
unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat and 
ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were 
not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. That dis- 
ciple therefore whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is 
the Lord. So when Simon Peter heard that it was the 
Lord, he girt his coat about him, for he was naked, and 
cast himself into the sea. But the other disciples came 
in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but 
about two hundred cubits off, dragging the net full of 
fishes. So when they got out upon the land, they see a 
fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus 
saith unto them. Bring of the fish which ye have now 
taken. Simon Peter therefore went up, and drew the nets 
to land full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty and three: 
and for all there were so many the net was not rent. Jesus 
saith unto them. Come and break your fast. And none 
of the disciples durst inquire of him, Who art thou? 
Knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus cometh, and taketh 
the bread, and giveth them, and the fish likewise. This is 
now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the dis- 
ciples, after he was risen from the dead. 

So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to 
Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more 
than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest 
that I love thee. He saith unto him. Feed my lambs. He 
saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of John, 



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lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou 
knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him. Tend my 
sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of 
John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said 
unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said 
unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things ; thou knowest 
that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him. Feed my sheep. 
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, when thou wast young, 
thou girdest thyself, and walkest whither thou wouldest: 
but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy 
hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither 
thou wouldest not. Now this he spake, signifying by 
what manner of death he should glorify God. And when 
he had spoken this, he saith unto him. Follow me. Peter 
turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved follow- 
ing, which also leaned back on his breast at the supper, 
and said. Lord, who is he that betrayeth thee? Peter 
therefore seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, what shall this 
man do? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry 
till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou me. This 
saying therefore went forth among the brethren, that 
that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, 
that he should not die; but, if I will that he tarry till I 
come, what is that to thee? 

This is the disciple which bears witness of these 
things, and wrote these things: and we know that his wit- 
ness is true. 

And there are also many other things which Jesus 
did, the which if they should be written everyone, I sup- 
pose that even the world itself would not contain the books 
that should be written. 



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CHAPTER CXLI. 

He Meets Above Five Hundred on an Appointed Mountain 
in Galilee and Gives a Commission. 

Matt. 28:16-20. Mark 16:15-18. I Cor. 15:6. 

But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the 
mountain where Jesus had appointed them. There he 
appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom 
the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen 
asleep. And when they saw him, they worshipped him: 
but some doubted. And Jesus came to them and spake 
unto them. All authority hath been given unto me in 
heaven and in earth. 

And he said unto them, Go ye therefore into all the 
world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation; and 
make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name 
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, teach- 
ing them to observe all things whatsoever I command you : 
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved : but he 
that believeth not shall be condemned. And these signs 
shall follow them that believe: in my name shall they cast 
out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall 
take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it 
shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the 
sick, and they shall recover. And lo, I am with you alway, 
even unto the end of the world. 



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CHAPTER CXLII. 

He Appears to James; Then to All the Apostles and Gives 

Them a Commission. 

Jerusalem. 
Luke 24:44-49. Acts 1:3-8. I Cor. 5:7. 

Then he appeared to James : then to all the apostles, 
to whom he showed himself alive after his passion, by 
many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty 
days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom 
of God. And he said unto them. These are my words 
which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, how 
that all things must needs be fulfilled which are written 
in the law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, 
concerning me. Then opened he their minds, that they 
might understand the scriptures ; and he said unto them. 
Thus it is written. That the Christ should suffer, and rise 
again from the dead the third day; and that repentance 
and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto 
all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. Ye are witnesses 
of these things. And behold I send forth the promise of 
my Father upon you : but tarry ye in the city, until ye be 
clothed with power from on high. And being assembled 
together with them he charged them not to depart from 
Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which 
said he, ye have heard from me: for John indeed baptized 
with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost 
not many days hence. 

They therefore, when they were come together, asked 
him, saying. Lord, dost thou at this time restore the king- 
dom to Israel? And he said unto them. It is not for you 
to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within 
his own authority. But ye shall receive power, when the 
Holy Ghost is come upon you : and ye shall be my wit- 



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nesses, both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, 
and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 



CHAPTER CXLIII. 

The Ascension. 

Between Jerusalem and Bethany. 
Mark 16:19-20. Luke 24:50-53. Acts 1:9-12. 

And he led them out until they were over against 
Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. 
And when he had spoken unto them these things, and as 
they were looking, it came to pass, while he blessed them, 
he was taken up, and was received up into heaven ; and 
a cloud received him out of their sight, and he sat down 
at the right hand of God. 

And while they were looking steadfastly into heaven, 
as he went, two men stood by them in white apparel ; which 
also said. Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye looking up into 
heaven? This Jesus which was received up from you into 
heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye beheld him 
going into heaven. 

And they worshipped him, and then they returned 
to Jerusalem with great joy: and were continually in the 
temple, blessing God. 

And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the 
Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the 
signs that followed. 



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